What network cable should I choose?

[Guest]

I would like to set up a wired network at home (across walls) with the best
type of cable possible, trying to delay any future works and having good
performance already. Could anybody tell me what cable to choose? I was
thinking about CAT 7 (10 gigabit Ethernet) altough I am not sure if it's
commercialy available for small consumers and if it's complety compatible
with current plugs in the computers.
What about the choice between CAT 5e, CAT 6 or even CAT 6a? What would you
choose?

 

[Kerry Brown]

I would like to set up a wired network at home (across walls) with
the best type of cable possible, trying to delay any future works and
having good performance already. Could anybody tell me what cable to
choose? I was thinking about CAT 7 (10 gigabit Ethernet) altough I am
not sure if it's commercialy available for small consumers and if
it's complety compatible with current plugs in the computers.
What about the choice between CAT 5e, CAT 6 or even CAT 6a? What
would you choose?

It's always cheaper to install the best available cable the first time
rather than reinstalling better cable at some later date.

 

[AJR]

Agree with Kerry. Also you may consider a cup of coffee at the local Barnes
and Noble and review some reference material.

 

[Guest]

I would like to set up a wired network at home (across walls) with the best
type of cable possible, trying to delay any future works and having good
performance already. Could anybody tell me what cable to choose? I was
thinking about CAT 7 (10 gigabit Ethernet) altough I am not sure if it's
commercialy available for small consumers and if it's complety compatible
with current plugs in the computers.
What about the choice between CAT 5e, CAT 6 or even CAT 6a? What would you
choose?

 

[Guest]

There is a part here that has really been thought about, Gigabit is still
faster than even SATA drives are today, so why spend the bucks when it is
gonna be several years before anything can take full advantage of the
available speed in a gigabit network. Cat 5e Handles Gigabit fine and so far
my limitations are the drive throughput and bus speeds, have esperimented
with minigbics and fiber still have similar throughputs as gigabit wired. I
am all about speed but also why spend money with no beneift. CAT5e is
adequate for anything today and tommorrow especially only using two pcs. Food
for thought

 

[Kerry Brown]

All the people that wired houses and offices with CAT3 when CAT5e was
available thought this way. When wiring a building you have to expect the
building will still be in use 20 years from now. You have no way of
predicting what cable may be needed next year let alone 20 years from now.