I'm rewiring the house to support Gigabit Ethernet since the NICs and Routers have gotten so cheap.
Is the any advantage to using CAT6 cable instead of CAT5e? The 5e is cheaper and seems to be easier to handle. CAT6 looks like it's capable of more theoretical bandwidth (500 or 550 MHz vs. 300 MHz for 5e) but as both are certified for 1Gb I don't see the need. Does CAT6 provide more max length or better shielding or anything like that?
I haven't heard even rumors of anything over 1Gb running over copper so 'futureproofing' does not seem to be an issue. Of course that's what they said about Cat5 and 100Mbps Ethernet a few years ago!
Thoughts?
Thanks!
PP
Is the any advantage to using CAT6 cable instead of CAT5e? The 5e is cheaper and seems to be easier to handle. CAT6 looks like it's capable of more theoretical bandwidth (500 or 550 MHz vs. 300 MHz for 5e) but as both are certified for 1Gb I don't see the need. Does CAT6 provide more max length or better shielding or anything like that?
I haven't heard even rumors of anything over 1Gb running over copper so 'futureproofing' does not seem to be an issue. Of course that's what they said about Cat5 and 100Mbps Ethernet a few years ago!
Thoughts?
Thanks!
PP