Re: cat 6 termination ?

On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 11:15:57AM -0700, 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 ? 

The jacks should be fine if you're reterminating them all.  You are
upgrading the horizontal runs and not just the patch cords right?
if you just do the patch cords you won't be buying yourself much.

If there is existing cat5, is there even a new to upgrade?  It
should still be good for most installs.

John
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