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Originally Posted by Henryk
Any idea if age would affect a coax cable?
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Age probably does not impact a coax or ethernet cable unless it is under stress, ie much flexing or the connectors are loose. An old cable can, however impact expectations.
If you have an old e-net cable rated at CAT-5, it is designed to run at 100mbps and 100m max length. It was perfect for its day but if you are trying to exceed those limits you will have issues. Cat-5a increased the limits to 1G bps and 100m. Cat 6 and later 6a increased it again.
The old cable could become a bottleneck depending on how old it is compared to the equipment you are connecting on each end, but a new cable will not make old or slow equipment run faster.