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Should Network Cables Be Replaced?

Posted by timothy on from the depends-where-you-work dept.

Jyms writes "As technology changes, so hubs routers and switches are upgraded, but does the cabling need replacing, and if so, how often? Coax gave way to CAT 5 and CAT 5e replaced that. If you are running a 100Mbit/s network on old CAT 5, can that affect performance? Do CAT 5(e) cables get old?"

3 of 524 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Cat6 No such thing by fuzzylollipop · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    actually there is no offical spec for Cat6 cable, it is something made up. Cat5e is all you need.

  2. Re:So I got a new sink..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The first rule of mfh is we don't talk about mfh.

  3. Re:So I got a new sink..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    stupid sig. from a stupid user. has anyone looked at hog's comment history? all he posts are one sentence snarks, just increasing the noise level on here.

    also not mfh