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Do you need Cat 6 for gigabit speeds?

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joepc

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Jul 26, 2002
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Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but does anyone know if you need cat 6 cable to get gigabit ethernet speeds? Can I use Cat5e?
 
I am running a gig backbone on 5e and have no problems at all.

Shannan
 
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