Which wiring is currently used?
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hi, I have to put all the new wiring in the house, and I was thinking of putting shielded cat.6 cable (for gigabit ethernet), but the electrician who has to put them went to the store to order it and they told him that it's hardly sold anymore and that it's obsolete. Is there any truth to that? Is he trying to push it on me, or is it that they're actually installing another type of cable now? (cat. 5e is ruled out because of the length of some cables)
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You are not on the wave xD cat.7
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_de_Categor%C3%ADa_7 -
Category 6 is used for gigabit ethernet, and then 6a and 7 for 10 gigabit ethernet.
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well, what I was saying is that for gigabit, cat 6 works well for me, but according to what they say, it's obsolete and bla bla bla... I suppose I won't take any notice of it and that I'll put in cat 6
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Ask about prices, maybe the difference isn't that much and you'll have wiring for the future and better shielding.
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Ask for prices, maybe the difference is not much and you have wiring for the future and better shielding.
cat 7 costs a lot more. :wall:
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Currently, CAT6 and CAT6a are still mostly used, I have only seen category 7 used for switch to switch trunks.
With CAT6 you have plenty of time, from now until we have local networks at 10 GBits there is still plenty of time (and more at a competitive price).
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All the cable I use is cat5e and it is more than enough for gigabit networking if it is properly crimped and there is not much interference. I must say that I have used this cable for thousands of stations (Campus Party) and they have not given any problems after years of use and storage. At most, you have to replace the RJ45 connector that has been damaged.
Also, with Cat6 cable I have pulled bridges between switches at 10GB without any problem, with a distance of about 3 or 4 meters
For a home installation, it is more than enough with cat6 installed correctly and if the conduit is dedicated to the network wiring, even better
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I also have everything 5e… And for a home gigabit network, I think it works perfectly.
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I also have all 5e… And for a home giga network I think it works perfectly.
The point is not to obsess over it. If cat5e is enough to go to giga, don't complicate yourself, because crimping cat6 and onwards is more delicate and if it's not done well you won't reach those speeds (and the difference can be 1 mm more that you have untwisted a pair or a connector of poor quality or not tightened properly)
PD: I also recommend cable that is 1 single copper wire "rigid". The cable that has many wires is soft and a piece of crap, basically ;D
