Can I mix CAT5 and CAT6?

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Published on 2012-11-20T10:57:50Z Indexed on 2012/11/20 11:08 UTC
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I'm thinking of upgrading the "backbone" of my network, taking a CAT6 cable from my router (DLINK DIR-655 (has cat6 ports)) to a gigabit swith in the tv rom (25m). I have two devices there that uses network (xbox and tvbox, both of them have cat5).

Will my net be downgraded to 100mbit as max speed, or will I get 1 gigabit between my router and switch, and 100mbit between tvbox and xbox?

From back in the days i have a tool to create my cat5 cable (the plug tool thingy), can I use this for my cat6 too?

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