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Title: Upgrade from CAT 5 to CAT 6 Cabling
Post by: FurryNutz on March 05, 2010, 08:40:22 AM

Quote from: FurryNutz on February 27, 2010, 10:00:56 AM
Ya Im getting to upgrade to Cat 6 this next week.Can't wait. Supposed to be a lot smoother.

Got my CAT 6 cabling order in yesterday, woo hoo. Very nice and smooth. I noticed a 1Mb up in speed when going to speedtest.net. Played xbox last night but that was still over Cat 5 to the 4500. Will try my other xbox thats on CAT 6 this weekend. I got cables that were as short as they could be for each one I upgraded. I did 1 ft between the cable modem and router and 2 ft from router to switch. Seems very nice.

Title: Re: Upgrade from CAT 5 to CAT 6 Cabling
Post by: MPDamon on March 05, 2010, 11:51:22 AM

furry just to let you know you a thoroughly mistaken if you think installing cat 6 is going to help your internet speeds. 

Title: Re: Upgrade from CAT 5 to CAT 6 Cabling
Post by: FurryNutz on March 05, 2010, 12:38:04 PM

Just reporting what I saw. Could be either way.  ::) All I know is that I'm smooth and streamlined as much as possible on the LAN side and if that helps the WAN side in any way so be it. I'm happy.  :D Hope others might check out CAT 6. Good stuff. Have a great weekend.  ;D

Title: Re: Upgrade from CAT 5 to CAT 6 Cabling
Post by: philwoz98 on March 05, 2010, 03:11:50 PM

So is it the real deal? How much for 1 to 3 foot cord, cheapest place to buy? I would not mind upgrading these.

Title: Re: Upgrade from CAT 5 to CAT 6 Cabling
Post by: FurryNutz on March 05, 2010, 03:15:34 PM

got my 1ftr for under a $1, 2ftr was just over a $1. My 50ftr for my xbox going to my bedroom was $20.

Title: Re: Upgrade from CAT 5 to CAT 6 Cabling
Post by: Corroded on March 06, 2010, 03:52:53 PM

Like I said before.... Monoprice.com !!!!!