CAT5e coupler ruins CAT6 installation?

[aharu]

I'm installing about 40 metres CAT6 cables here. I have two 20m
which I'm connecting with each other with a coupler. Now I see -
the coupler says 5E. F-ck!!! Do I really have to find a CAT6 coupler now?
I live in a really rural area, long way to real stores. No way to find a CAT6
coupler here......

Will the 5E couple do?

 

[thiggins]

It will work fine. You just might not get full Gigabit speed.
But you will certainly get over 100 Mbps if your devices can support it.

 

[aharu]

Well hmm 100mbit, was hoping for more than that, but with this coupler this is the case now? Will the connection be identified as a 100mbit or will it say 1000mbit and with maybe a LITTLE decreased throughput?

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[thiggins]

You should have no problem getting a Gigabit link rate. And you probably will not/ would not even notice any performance degradation unless you measured.

Why not just try it?

 

[aharu]

The, ur helpful. Oh I will try, I'm rigging cables as we speak. Have a good weekend

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