CAT5

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mickhoog (archived)
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Posted May 16, 2011 at 03:56 GMT
#1931076

Is Cat 7 backward compatible with Cat 5?

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csmager (archived)
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Posted May 16, 2011 at 04:19 GMT
#1931077

Yes.  They're both just 4 pair cables that look pretty much identical.  Just one is rated for higher bandwidths.

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hgitzoller
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Posted May 16, 2011 at 05:23 GMT
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Wikipedia has an interesting site for the different twisted pair cables:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair

 

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tompa (archived)
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Posted May 28, 2011 at 13:08 GMT
#1931079

cat 5/7 is not the issue , if you want to use it for ML network ! BUT The Shield is !!

most cat 5 cabling in home are unfortunaly NOT shielded because of construktor/electrican not understand why they should always use Shield in Cat 5 cabling

so check if your outlet and cable i s shielded if so -no problem with RJ45-ML Beonet cables

 

/Tompa

 

 

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