Cat 5 question for you guys....

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Hi Guys,

Hoping to sit my first exam 220-1001 the week after next (just doing intense study at the moment) Have just this minute done an online test and I missed ONE answer with regards to the characteristic features of Cat 5 cabling. I put four answers (RJ-45, Twisted Pair, 100 Mbps Ethernet and 100 Metre cable length) The answer I missed was: 1 Gbps Ethernet.

Is that right, Cat 5 can do 1 Gbps? If so, what is the difference then between Cat 5 and Cat 5e? I thought it was just 5e that could do 1 Gbps.

Cheers, Andy

@Andrew-Gaskell,

You're correct that Cat 5e supports up to 1000Mbps (or 1Gbps) and that Cat 5 supports up to 100Mbps.
I would say that the online test you did had a typo.