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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
I'm getting a bit tired of repeating Cat 6 is pointless. It is not future proof. It can do nothing that you can't already with Cat 5.
As I said earlier unless your Cat 5 cable is faulty there will be zero speed difference. If your cable is faulty, then your problem is sub-par cable, not cable category. Sucky cable is sucky cable nomatter how many cats you stick on the label.
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I already have cat 5 prewired through the walls and it does not receive gigabit ethernet. The cat 5e however does. There is definately a difference between cat 5 (already wired) and cat5e/cat6. How would you get gigabit ethernet from a cat 5 cable? When i plug in a cat 5e/cat6 cable the computer, it automatically adjusts to gb ethernet, in comparison to the cat 5 cable which automatically goes to 100mb.
I understand what your saying that cat5 can receive gb ethernet, however it is not certified which is why a lot of people are questioning it. Cat 5 cable can reach gigabit in some scenarios, unfortunately for me, it doesn't.
Just some links below i've been reading
http://www.cableorganizer.com/articl...cat5e-cat6.htm
http://www.howtogeek.com/70494/what-...-should-i-use/
http://www.networkcablingdirectory.c...ng-id_1151.htm
Got in contact the with ebay seller and agreed to issue a refund for the dud cable! just had a look at how twisted the CAT6 cable should look like, and
how the cable i had did not look like that. Will get a picture of the supposed "cat 6" cable i have, in comparison to what it should look like.
Thanks for all the replies.
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Originally Posted by Tricky
Just a thought - How did you strip the cable? Did you use the yellow tool in the picture? - When you did this did you then expose a good few inches of cable to work on adding the plugs? - Those strippers can "nick" the cables again creating crosstalk/faults so you should never work on the bare cut.
Also when you wire up the RJ45 connector you need to do this as close to the twists as you can - improving the signal.
A photo of one of your ends might help?
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I didnt use yellow tool. I stripped it with a set of pliers and then used the "string" inside the cable to rip the plastic sleeve to ensure that any "nicks" in the cable are cut off and freshly crimpted.
Will get some photos up soon