Can I mix CAT5 and CAT6?
- by Jason94
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?