CAT6 cable for WAN port on router?

Posted: 04-23-2008, 02:30 AM

Sabian Smith

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Should I use a CAT6 cable to connect my cablemodem to the WAN port on my
router, to allow gigabit ethernet? The cablemodem connection is only 10MBS
with my ISP, so I assume there is not advantage to cat6/gigabit?

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RE: CAT6 cable for WAN port on router?

Posted: 04-23-2008, 04:27 AM

Actually Cat5e supports gigabit ethernet just fine.
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"Sabian Smith" wrote:

> Should I use a CAT6 cable to connect my cablemodem to the WAN port on my
> router, to allow gigabit ethernet? The cablemodem connection is only 10MBS
> with my ISP, so I assume there is not advantage to cat6/gigabit?
>
>
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