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  Substituting a CAT-6A Ethernet Patch Cable, for a CAT-5E Patch Cable

  Posted by Randall Blanchard on 12/19/2020 at 11:34 AM

  Can I Substitute a Shielded-CAT-6A Ethernet Patch Cable, for a CAT-5E Ethernet Patch Cable ?

  TeamKomandoJohn replied 5 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies

  • Ethernet Patch-cable CAT-5E CAT-6A Cable Cabling Hardware
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  TeamKomandoJohn

  Administrator

  12/21/2020 at 11:21 AM

  Hello leftblank15,

  You sure can, however if you were using a 10GB network (I’m sure you are not) you would notice. Cat5e / Cat6 are interchangeable.

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  Randall Blanchard

  Member

  12/27/2020 at 11:12 PM

  I said, CAT-6A .

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  TeamKomandoJohn

  Administrator

  12/28/2020 at 9:29 AM

  Hello leftblank15,

  Slight variation, if you are not running a 10GB router/switch paired with a 10GB network card in your pc it will make no difference. You can also click or tap here for more info on the variations.

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