[UFO Chicago] cat 6 termination ?

[sjk]

If you want the full 200Mhz capability of Cat6 then you have to upgrade
your patch panels, end-point jacks, and patch cables as well. That said,
there are presently only a very small number of applications in which
cat6 is required. Of course, if the number of patch panels, cables, and
end point jacks is high you can always run the cat6 cable and then
change out the panels and jacks when a cat6 application becomes
necessary. This is a common practice today. I have worked on several
installs in which cat6 cabling was pulled, but it was terminated to
cat5e panels in order to save money.

Politik Durden 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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