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If you look at the datasheet (<a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps6406/product_data_sheet0900aecd80322c0c.html" rel="ugc">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps6406/product_data_sheet0900aecd80322c0c.html</a>) you sse this:<br />
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• 10BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling<br />
• 100BASE-TX ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair Category 5 UTP cabling<br />
• 1000BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Category 5 UTP cabling<br />
• 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Category 5 UTP cabling<br />
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Type 5 cabling means type 5 and upwards (includes type 6 and 7).
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If you look at the datasheet (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps6406/product_data_sheet0900aecd80322c0c.html [http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps6406/product_data_sheet0900aecd80322c0c.html]) you sse this:

• 10BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling
• 100BASE-TX ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair Category 5 UTP cabling
• 1000BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Category 5 UTP cabling
• 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Category 5 UTP cabling

Type 5 cabling means type 5 and upwards (includes type 6 and 7).

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Hi experts!<br />
<br />
I´ve been looking for this information and tried to contact Cisco but oddly enough none of them gave me correct answer.<br />
I am going to buy WS-C2960G-48TC-L which says in the specification that supports 10/100/1000 and cat5e.<br />
I am building my entire network on cat6 and havent found any 2960 Cisco which says that supports cat6, but I think this is some kind of mistake.<br />
Can any of you confirm that?<br />
<br />
Thanks,
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Hi experts!

I´ve been looking for this information and tried to contact Cisco but oddly enough none of them gave me correct answer.
I am going to buy WS-C2960G-48TC-L which says in the specification that supports 10/100/1000 and cat5e.
I am building my entire network on cat6 and havent found any 2960 Cisco which says that supports cat6, but I think this is some kind of mistake.
Can any of you confirm that?

Thanks,

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