CAT 5 vs. CAT 6

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CoolGuy90

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I picked up a cat 6 cable the other day for my 360. I have my PC connected with a cat 5 cable to my router. I was wondering, since I am mostly on my PC a lot more than on my 360, if I switch my cat 5 to the cat 6, will there be any increase in bandwith/speed?
 
CoolGuy90 said:
Would there be any advantage to use the cat 6?
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Like he said; assuming you are using cat 5e, you will get no performance benefit with the cat 6.

cat 5 supports up to 100Mbps, cat5e will do gigabit, cat6 isn't really needed for anything in a home network
 
mindstormsguy said:
Like he said; assuming you are using cat 5e, you will get no performance benefit with the cat 6.

cat 5 supports up to 100Mbps, cat5e will do gigabit, cat6 isn't really needed for anything in a home network
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Thanks for the help. The only reason I got a cat 6 was that it was the only ethernet cable long enough at BB.
 
CAT 6 is fantastic stuff but it will make no difference in your situation
 
Most of my stuff @ home is already CAT6 ... Dont see a diff... I'm still running 100MB. I gotta get a Gig Hub first.
 
bobdole369 said:
CAT6 (augmented) AKA CAT6A is the next step after CAT5E - that stuff goes to 10gbit+.
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Cat6 Cable may be rated for speeds like that, but you also need the networking hardware to support that as well. The OP is talking about an XBOX360. Not hardcore backbone core switching. :D There would be no realy benefit for him or anyone else is that situation.
 
Besides, the 360 only supports up to 100Mb/sec speeds. Cat6 is wayyyy overkill as you'll never take advantage of speeds greater than that.
 
Thats CAT6 (Augmented) - not plain CAT6 - which does nothing at all for you and I wonder why its a standard. THe only reason to run CAT6A is if your building a new office or home or something - since its currently the fastest "standard" grade Ethernet cable. One of these days we'll have 10gbit switches.
 
bobdole369 said:
Thats CAT6 (Augmented) - not plain CAT6 - which does nothing at all for you and I wonder why its a standard. THe only reason to run CAT6A is if your building a new office or home or something - since its currently the fastest "standard" grade Ethernet cable. One of these days we'll have 10gbit switches.
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there already are 10gbit switches. they just aren't made for home use :)
 
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