Do I NEED to get CAT6 rated wall plates

[BigGreg85]

I just ran some CAT6 throughout my house, and I wanted to put some wall plates in....I cant find any CAT6 rated plates only CAT5e....

will the CAT5e wall plates be fine since it is RJ45?

 

[tom61]

They should be fine.

 

[Karandras]

According to everything that I have read, you will want the jacks for CAT6 if you want the full potential of the cable:

http://www.lanshack.com/product1.asp?SID=10&Product_ID=2487
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http://www.lanshack.com/product1.asp?SID=10&Product_ID=97

That should help.

 

[valve1138]

You'll be fine for now. Cat 5e is good for up to Gigabit over copper. If you have to upgrade later, in like 10 years, worry about it then.

 

[Wolf-R1]

You'll be fine for now. Cat 5e is good for up to Gigabit over copper. If you have to upgrade later, in like 10 years, worry about it then.

Yeah but 10 years from now wireless will be mainstream, secure, and stable across platforms. No one will want wired I'm sure.

 

[mrbobo]

Yeah but 10 years from now wireless will be mainstream, secure, and stable across platforms. No one will want wired I'm sure.

ya and in 15 years we find out that wireless causes cancer

 

[guito13]

ya and in 15 years we find out that wireless causes cancer

LOL

 

[jpmkm]

Yeah but 10 years from now wireless will be mainstream, secure, and stable across platforms. No one will want wired I'm sure.

pssh. If the wire is there I see no reason to use wireless, now or 10 years from now.

 

[UltimaParadox]

pssh. If the wire is there I see no reason to use wireless, now or 10 years from now.

Yeah I agree, if you can get it now get it. If not I wouldnt be too worried about it, as its really not that much work for later down the road and of course its going to be cheaper.

PLus the main thing Wireless will cause cancer at one point or another