[UFO Chicago] cat 6 termination ?

[Jesse Becker]

I'd also question the reason you are installing CAT6 cables.  Is it just because you can?  Because you need GigE ethernet?  Because 6 is bigger than 5, so it must be better?  (If that's the case, go with CAT7!  <grin>)

I'm not objecting to CAT6 in general, just wondering if you need to care.  If you just want GigE connections, CAT5e (and up) is sufficient.  If you want potential room to grow into faster protocols (10GbE, for example), then you should look at CAT6.  Note that I've only very recently even heard[1] of 10GbE NICs that can use CAT6 cables.  Most 10 GbE stuff uses either fiber or CX4 copper connections.


[1] This hardware certainly may have existed for some time, but *I've* not heard about it--not that that means anything, of course...

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--- On Sun, 10/4/09, Politik Durden <politikdurden at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Politik Durden <politikdurden at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] cat 6 termination ?
> To: ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us
> Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 1:14 PM
> 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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