topic Re: upgrading cabling from CAT5 to CAT6 in Full Fibre

upgrading cabling from CAT5 to CAT6

Mannie3 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:36:49 GMT

Hi, going from Fibre65 to Fibre150 today.

@KeithFrench

Do I need to upgrade all my ethernet cables to CAT6 (from CAT5), to NOT get any speed bottlenecks ?

I never realised until 10mins ago that the cables 'might' need upgrade for speed and shielding benefits.

From Data socket in wall to Eero6

From Erro6 to desktop PC

From Erro6 to Power-Line adaptor

From Digital VOIP to Eero6.

THANKS M

Re: upgrading cabling from CAT5 to CAT6

KeithFrench — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:02:02 GMT

Hi @Mannie3

As to whether you need to upgrade them, is down to the speed & distance of the device to the Eero. I use a Cat6 between my ONT & router's WAN port (Hub2). I hope that you have two Eeros (I can't remember from your other thread), otherwise you'll run out of Ethernet ports!

If the desktop PC has a 1Gbps or faster interface then possibly use a Cat6, the powerline & Grandstream, it would all depend on what speeds they (and the Eero for that matter) support. You may well get away with Cat5e for them.

Re: upgrading cabling from CAT5 to CAT6

Mannie3 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:13:17 GMT

I only have one Eero6 and one Wifi Hub (Sagemcom Fast 5364) !!

Is the fibre socket in the wall just a single ethernet, not a pair ?

So I will not be able to plug the Digital VOIP and desktop PC at the same time?

BUT if I successfully link Eero6 to Wifi HUB, I am hoping to continue to connect desktop PC to the old WiFi HUB and also the Powerline adaptor (via Yellow ethernet sockets).

The cables that are labelled say only CAT5, not CAT5e. Not sure how to work out if cat5 or 5e without any labelling?

So probably worth updating to CAT6 then?

Re: upgrading cabling from CAT5 to CAT6

KeithFrench — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:12:38 GMT

Yes it is just a single Ethernet from the ONT to your router.