What are the differences between Category 5e and Category 6?
Cat 6 standard is designed for Gigabit Ethernet and is backward compatible with Cat 5e. The general difference between Cat 5e and Cat 6 is on performance and bandwidth. Cat 6 standard requires better insertion loss, return loss, NEXT and ELFEXT. Cat 6 standard also push bandwidth from 100 Mhz for Cat 5e to 250Mhz.




