Yes its faster than Cat5e
CAT5e - 100mhz
CAT6 - 250mhz (if i remember correctly)
I have CAT6 at home, I don't notice any difference in performance.
all the 100mhz and 250mhz means is the can maintain line clarity at them levels, gigabit ethernet would be the same on both over a distance less than 5m... no difference.
hassa said:Cat 6 is less prone to signal noise and will allow for higher speeds (subject to network components of couse). We moved into a new building about a year ago and it is fully setup with Cat6 - we aren't allowed to plug Cat5 into the network ports. Cat6 was installed because it will allow us to upgrade beyond 1GB in the future (we have CAD users).
See if this helps
http://www.broadbandutopia.com/caandcaco.html[/quote
thanks for the link hassa. it is very helpful.
Is there new cat network cable faster than current cat 6?