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If the installation mixes Cat5e and Cat6 components, what category does the finished link count as?

Treat the finished link according to its lowest-category component.

A rack can quite easily grow into a forest of Cat5e and Cat6 labels over the years, but the network does not care which label is the most optimistic; the least capable required component determines the category you can honestly claim.

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Richard
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