[UFO Chicago] cat 6 termination ?

[Stefan]

Actually cat "x" is end-to-end, plugs and jacks included. The way the
terminations are designed, manufactured and even installed has a
direct impact on the quality of the entire physical connectivity. You
could even have cat "x" cables and connectors, and improperly
terminate them to end up with "x-1" or worse overall quality.


On 10/4/09, Politik Durden <politikdurden at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm installing cat 6 cable and the client is asking if they need to upgrade
> their patch panels to cat 6 ? I'm thinking that termination points (patch
> panels, jacks, etc) being advertised as cat 6 is just marketing. I'm
> thinking the cat 6 spec is all in the cable. Would there be any issues
> terminating cat 6 cable to cat 5 patch panels, jacks , etc ? Any performance
> gain with upgrading the termination points to cat 6 ?
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