[HLUG] Mixing CAT5 and CAT6

[Julian Robbins]

Hi George

Broadly yes ..

We used to have parallel networks with a cat 6 backbone at work a good
number of years ago.  And yes using cat 5 cables and routers will slow the
cat 6 traffic down. So choose your network topology carefully and you can
make best use of what you have .

Julian

On 9 Jun 2017 12:00 p.m., "George DiceGeorge via Herefordshire" <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> I have a lot of old CAT5 ethernet wires and routers,
> but just ordered some CAT6 which is faster.
>
> I've read somewhere that networks slow down to the speed of the slowest
> link.
>
> How can I mix them?
> If I use old Linksys  10/100 routers will it slow everything else down?
>
> Could I have a slow network going to far away rooms for guests
> and a fast one around my office?
>
> george
>
>
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