dtsman Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 is there much difference or worth the extra money to upgrade to to cat-6 network cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 is there much difference or worth the extra money to upgrade to to cat-6 network cable? you only really need it if you are transferring alot of files. other wise its not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 Hmm...when they installed my direct T. V. sat just recently(within the last week), he insisted cat-6 was necessary for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 cat 6-- 1000 mbit cat 5-- 100 mbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 cat 6-- 1000 mbit cat 5-- 100 mbit Hmm... Big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 There are some advantages of both... You can run up to 1Gib Ethernet on cat5.. The only difference between 100mbit and 1000mbit is the number of pairs of wires used in the transmission of the data over the network.. 10/100 uses 2 pair where as 1000 uses all 4 pair in the wire. Most of the time if you want to run 1000mbit speed over Cat 5 you are not going to use standard Cat 5 but Cat 5e which has a more specified set of requirement to qualify. The reason for cat 6 is the improved performance of the physical cable. Cat 6 has less cross talk and provides a higher signal to noise ratio that allows for more reliable connections and transmission of data across the network. The other huge advantage is that it is expected that in the near future 10GbE will run on Cat 6. This is going to be huge because copper then becomes a possible solution for SAN and NAS networks instead of just fiber to push large amounts of data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 I guess that would explain the Cat 6 on my T.V. then. Thanks swimmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 No matter how fast I go I have only 2 Cats and I can't seem to catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 cat 6-- 1000 mbit cat 5-- 100 mbit no cat5e does 1000mbps, read what swimmer said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 25, 2006 CID Share Posted December 25, 2006 No matter how fast I go I have only 2 Cats and I can't seem to catch them. You too, I have always had the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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