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<blockquote data-quote="Pheasant Surprise" data-source="post: 5664994" data-attributes="member: 1103"><p>If you’re going to the expense of installing proper Cat 6, then yes definitely match Cat 6 cable, sockets and patch leads. To meet the performance standards of a Categiry 6 ‘channel’ (90 metres of fixed cabling + 10 m of flyleads total) then only factory made patch leads will meet the tighter spec. of Cat 6.</p><p></p><p>Back in the days when Cat 5 and Cat5e ruled the roost, you were “allowed” to field terminate fly/patch leads by certain manufacturers that provided a warranted/certified their products in a commercial install. Most of these warranties were 15 or 20 years from the likes of AT&T/Lucent/Avaya, Krone, Molex, ITT, or Mayflex etc. This would be unheard of in a domestic or small commercial install but very common in large office installations, comprising tens of thousands of outlets. All cabling, outlets and leads etc had to come from the same manufacturer to achieve warranty certification. All outlets would need to be performance tested using a proper calibrated cable tester, not just continuity and making sure pairs weren’t transposed or split, but a full attenuation, near end and far end cross talk test. </p><p></p><p>The physical difference in a typical CaT 6 (solid core) cable to Cat 5 is very obvious. Firstly in a Cat 6 cable the pair twists are much tighter, secondly there is usually a plastic cross/spacer/filler separating the pairs within the sheath. Finally the core size/gauge of the cable is slightly larger in Cat 6 than Cat 5. This makes the cable stiffer to handle and less wieldy than Cat 5.</p><p></p><p>To be fair Cat5e (enhanced Cat 5) will still handle the bulk of duties, up to 1000BaseT Ethernet. However from a future proofing perspective the smaller premium now to install Cat 6 is probably justified. Just keep it all Cat 6 rated components.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pheasant Surprise, post: 5664994, member: 1103"] If you’re going to the expense of installing proper Cat 6, then yes definitely match Cat 6 cable, sockets and patch leads. To meet the performance standards of a Categiry 6 ‘channel’ (90 metres of fixed cabling + 10 m of flyleads total) then only factory made patch leads will meet the tighter spec. of Cat 6. Back in the days when Cat 5 and Cat5e ruled the roost, you were “allowed” to field terminate fly/patch leads by certain manufacturers that provided a warranted/certified their products in a commercial install. Most of these warranties were 15 or 20 years from the likes of AT&T/Lucent/Avaya, Krone, Molex, ITT, or Mayflex etc. This would be unheard of in a domestic or small commercial install but very common in large office installations, comprising tens of thousands of outlets. All cabling, outlets and leads etc had to come from the same manufacturer to achieve warranty certification. All outlets would need to be performance tested using a proper calibrated cable tester, not just continuity and making sure pairs weren’t transposed or split, but a full attenuation, near end and far end cross talk test. The physical difference in a typical CaT 6 (solid core) cable to Cat 5 is very obvious. Firstly in a Cat 6 cable the pair twists are much tighter, secondly there is usually a plastic cross/spacer/filler separating the pairs within the sheath. Finally the core size/gauge of the cable is slightly larger in Cat 6 than Cat 5. This makes the cable stiffer to handle and less wieldy than Cat 5. To be fair Cat5e (enhanced Cat 5) will still handle the bulk of duties, up to 1000BaseT Ethernet. However from a future proofing perspective the smaller premium now to install Cat 6 is probably justified. Just keep it all Cat 6 rated components. [/QUOTE]
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