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cat 6 cable with cat 5 ends
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PhoneGuy2000
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it is possible to use mismatched category products and still pass even the cat 6 tests if your cable is short enough the moon is in the right phase. I think the bigger issue might be that Cat 6 was implemented to provide a medium to allow particular applications. those applications, which include gigabit and maybe upcoming 10gig, will probably operate marginally at best on this configuration. If the original post -er is using it to run 10/100 mb apps, he probably could have used cat 3 jacks on a cat4 cable and not known the difference. (Yes I know Category 4 no longer exists and no one makes it anymore). The point is I think the question was asked even though the answer will have no revelance to the end user asking it. If you are going to do an install and try to get away with using some lower rated items like this one, the better cable is not a bad investment. most of your labor is involved in running and dressing the cables. If the user needs to upgrade the channel later to be compliant, all he needs to do is change the jacks and patch panel then add some cat 6 patch cords and he's in there!
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