I now need to run more cable. It still is considerably cheaper to run Cat5e than it is to run Cat6 and so I'm contemplating running Cat5e for the new cables.
All runs will be less than ft but some are getting close eyeball: ft. All runs will terminate in a patch panel in the comm room. I will never push more than standard Gig-E speeds through these cables, and for the moment, it'll all be Mbps anyways.
Is there any downsides of running different types cabling from the comm room to the jacks? At the moment, I'm thinking there is not, other than the dept can't say "all our cabling is Cat6", which a few years ago might have been some sort of an ego thing.
Aside from documenting what is what, I see no problems. At feet, there is no ethernet standard Cat 6 can meet that Cat 5e can't. Correctly terminated Cat 6 can do 10 gig ethernet to 55 meters, feet. Cat5e will be fine. Not a huge deal but you may want to document which runs are CAT6 vs. And yes, these cables are backwards compatible.
The connector type is the same , so you can plug a Cat-6 cable into a device created back when Cat-5e was the hot new standard and Cat-6 hadn't be released yet. If both cables are the same price per spool, go with cat6. If cat5e is cheaper and you want something easier to work with and you only plan on going gigabit, go with cat5e. If you plan on going 10 gig in the future and all runs are under 50 meters, go with cat6.
Generally the longest you should try to run an Ethernet cable is meters. Electrical signals degrade over long distances, especially when you're talking super-thin wires like the ones in Ethernet cables. The faster we push data, the more sensitive the data becomes to that degradation.
Cat5e and Cat6 are the most popular cables , because they allow for fast speeds but aren't prohibitively expensive. If you're a Twitch streamer or you plan to run a lot of devices at once, a Cat6 or better can ensure that you won't have to replace your cables too soon.
In general, Cat5 has very stringent requirements on twists, etc. You can 't really join two pieces together. Some people have used couplers with some luck, but it's not a good thing to do , in general. Cable is cheap - Just head down to Home Depot and you can pick some up for practically nothing. If there is an existing twisted-pair copper or coax cable run, then you can extend your network with a pair of Ethernet extenders.
Extenders can deliver Mbps speeds over meters or about Mbps at meters. How to Extend Cat 5 Cabling Plug one of the 5-port switches into an electrical outlet near the terminus of an Ethernet cable close to its limit of meters, or feet.
Insert an additional long cable into another port on the switch. Take the second switch into a room where expansion of the number of ports is desired.
Pure Capsaicin. Neally This person is a verified professional. If the cables are short it is on the 'nice to have but no need to' list. In longer lengths hundreds of feet you can tell a difference between 5e and 6. Again, it's nice to have but there is no need to. Thai Pepper. Digital Man This person is a verified professional.
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