RE: Cat 5e or Cat 6 -- shielded or unshielded?

["Rob Mouser" <rmouser@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Derek

I don't have a "technical" answer but was left with the same
question when =
we cabled the barn.=20
In the end we went for shielded for two reasons:
1) the cost was not much higher.
2) Some whole house audio systems 'like' shielded cable. Such as QED
System=
line and at the time we did not know what we were putting in.

Our cable contractor said that shielded does offer greater protection
again=
st interference as long as installed properly. (Apparently you terminate
th=
e shield at one end only? Which is how ours is done. And the shield is
conn=
ected to the house earth.)
One other thing to note is that patch panels for FTP tend to be expensive
t=
hanks to lead on this list though I picked some up on Ebay for only =A320
e=
ach.

As I said no real technical knowledge.

Many thanks

Rob Mouser=20



-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Erb [mailto:erb@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 04 November 2003 08:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Cat 5e or Cat 6 -- shielded or unshielded?

We have finally moved in to our new house this weekend and I am=20
going to start cabling tomorrow.

I am going to be running an Ethernet backbone throughout the house,=20
with WiFi (802.11g) in the actual rooms), at probably 100 mbps but=20
with a view to the future (sharing multimedia around the house, real-
time game-playing, etc., etc., etc.) so I want the best bandwidth I=20
can get.

I am running 2 RJ45 sockets in each room down to a wiring frame in=20
the basement.  My question therefore is:

To Cat5e or to Cat6... that is the question.

Whether tis nobler to use shielded cable or unshielded cable when=20
running through walls which could be near electricity...

Hast thou an answer or suggestion?

Iambic pentameter to be avoided where possible {g}

Thanks,



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