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Old 5th January 2009   #1
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Are CAT6 ethernet cables backward compatible with CAT5 and CAT5e devices?
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unless you crimp them the cat 6 way, they will be cat5E cables.
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Are CAT6 ethernet cables backward compatible with CAT5 and CAT5e devices?
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unless you crimp them the cat 6 way, they will be cat5E cables.
What's CAT6 way of crimping ?
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I don't see any reason to be making Cat6 patch cables.

Worst case scenario:
Punch it down to a Cat6 keystone module and put it in a biscuit. Then use a manufactured cat6 patch cord.
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I also don't see any need for making patch CAT6/CAT5E/CAT cables.

Patch cables are designed to be flexible than the regular ethernet cable & have strands of wire in them as opposed to a single wire for each connection in regular ethernet cable.

Crimping one cable in each connection is hard enough, who has got the patience to try it out with so many strands ?
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