Belkin cat6 snagless utp patch cable grey 5m overview how does a cat 6 patch cable affect your network its like when you replace one blocked pipe in your plumbing line and suddenly the flow increases the transfer is more fluid and the whole system is improved the rj45 high performance category 6 utp patch cable is the perfect performance upgrade it is used to replace any cat 5 cable that fails to support 100 base t or gigabit ethernet and comes with rj45 male to male connectors and a sna