Cat 5e or Cat6

Rekusu · 2026-08-28T14:35:42+0100

What ho one and all,

Will be getting fibre to the house in the near future and want the ONT in the loft. Have managed to get a CAT6 cable from the loft to the ground floor 'office' space and will plug the router into the wall plate.
Bandwidth and speed is not an issue as only the two of us using the internet, no gaming, films, etc. Currently getting 35 Mb/s with fibre to the pole via a BT master socket so assume FTTH will be an improvement.

I have a selection of CAT5e cables and wonder if there is likely to be an issue using CAT5e for the last 2-3 meters rather than CAT6?

Thanks and toodle pip

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Cat 5e or Cat6

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