Etherchannel and cable category

[o.mihailov]

Will there be any problems if cables in etherchannel have different categories? In my case it's cat. 6 and cat. 5e.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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Unless you're exceeding the physical capabilities of a cable, there shouldn't be any problem.

[o.mihailov]

Many thanks!

[Mark Malone · Accepted solution]

No should not be, you can mix with both cat 5/6 fully compatible I even think they made cat7 backward compatible as well just with better noise reduction and stronger frequency. Jst make sure your configs,speeds and duplex all match for etherchannels