Re: Cat5e/Cat6 100/350Mhz LS0H/PVC - comments please...

["mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>]

It's my view that you need two things:

- The most cost-effective cabling that meets your requirements for
the next 12 months

- Ducting space with "pull strings" so you can run whatever other
kind of cable you need in the future.

I would be very surprised if, in a domestic situation, there would be
much need for greater than Gigabit ethernet in the next 12 months. A
properly-installed CAT5e should support 1000-BaseT fine (Gig ethernet
over twisted pair.)

Personally, most of my home network runs at 10Mb/sec, I haven't even
moved stuff to 100Mb/sec, let alone 1Gb.

The bottleneck is the ADSL, and 20 times as fast as the ADSL is fine,
I don't need an internal LAN that runs at 200 times or 2000 times as
fast!

Regards,

Mark


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "egelbeertje" <r_d_k@h...> wrote:
> Just got this from my brother in law, who works in R&D for a cable
> company, cat 6 has a better crosstalk (less that is), better
> impedance control and better attenuation (less that is) so his
advice
> was go for the cat6 if you can afford it or cat7 (600Mhz)if you can
> already, it's a more future proof investment. But it will require a
> professional installation since it's more sensitive to bad contacts
> (or wires stripped too long/short before inserting the plugs).
>
> rgds Rob.
>
>
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Graham Howe" <graham@s...>
wrote:
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rob Barrow"
<rob_barrow@h...>
wrote:
> > > I was just about to order my cable and hesitated over the
choice
> > between a good Cat5e and a Cat6 based system.
> > >
> >
> > Cat5e can do gigabit, there is no real reason to go with Cat6
> >
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that because I'm cabling a house I should go
for
the
> > low smoke zero halogen stuff rather than PVC.
> > >
> >
> > Everyone I've heard of has gone with the normal stuff rather than
> low
> > smake zero halogen. After all, the rest of the wiring in your
house
> > is not LS0H is it?
> >
> > My advice is use basic Cat5e, solid core for static wiring and
> > stranded for fly leads.