ADSL modem router & CAT 6 cables?

I'm thinking of getting the following 5 Port ADSL / ADSL2/2+ Modem
Router from ebuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=90976

and getting some CAT 6 cable to use with it,
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106447
simply because the cat 6 cable isnt much more expensive than cat 5 and
it's also a flat cable which'll be better.

Should I expect to encounter any problems using CAT 6 cable with a CAT
5 modem router? I understand CAT 6 is backwards compatible but would
like to ask around before buying.

Many thanks.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Abertech <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm thinking of getting the following 5 Port ADSL / ADSL2/2+ Modem
> Router from ebuyer:
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=90976
>
> and getting some CAT 6 cable to use with it,
> http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106447
> simply because the cat 6 cable isnt much more expensive than cat 5 and
> it's also a flat cable which'll be better.
>
> Should I expect to encounter any problems using CAT 6 cable with a CAT
> 5 modem router? I understand CAT 6 is backwards compatible but would
> like to ask around before buying.
>
> Many thanks.


The router isn't CAT anything - and there's certainly no incompatibility.
AIUI, CAT6 is simply a higher spec in respect of noise rejection than CAT5 -
but applies specifically to *cable* not to devices.

Assuming that these CAT6 ethernet cables will be used to connect one or more
computers to the router, they'll be perfectly ok?
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Cat 6 is flat? News to me! I thought it was the same shape as CAT 5(e).

BTW, poor connections at the end of the cable (if you make your own cables)
will have a much bigger affect any any speed than Cat5/Cat6 will.

Paul DS.