Re: Re: CAT5E or CAT6

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same here Kat5, Gigabit Ethernet and Telephone. All done over Cat5e I
wired myself for the 1st time. No issues.

Ben

On 16 Mar 2008, at 17:34, Paul Gale wrote:

> Everything - Ethernet, RS232, switch contacts, audio and video via
> Keith's Kat5 units etc. Basically, you name it, it goes across Cat5
> somehow :)
>
> Paul.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of robin_edw
>> Sent: 16 March 2008 17:22
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: CAT5E or CAT6
>>
>> Ben, Paul, Thank you for comments, I wish I'd got into habit of
>> reading Wikipedia.  Do you transmit ethernet only or do you send
>> anything else (e.g. video)?
>>
>> robin
>>
>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups2@...>
wrote:
>>>
>>> I would still go for 5e - I have about 35 boxes of it
installed
>> here now - running gigabit over it to several places. Cheaper and
>> much easier to install than 6.
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>>>> Of Ben McCormack
>>>> Sent: 16 March 2008 15:58
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CAT5E or CAT6
>>>>
>>>> Robin
>>>>
>>>> As far as I am aware you can run Gbit ethernet over CAT5e.
I am
>>>> running Gigabit over cat5e in the study.
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable
>>>>
>>>> Also Cat 6 is more expensive and harder to install. More
>> regulations
>>>> about bend radius etc.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> On 16 Mar 2008, at 15:20, Robin Edwards wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Currently having extension built on my house and in a
>> discussion
>>>>> with the
>>>>> builder's electrician he asked if we wanted any cat5
or cat6
>>>>> installed. Up
>>>>> until now I'd been gradually moving to wireless, which
in a
>> house
>>>>> with two
>>>>> limestone walls in the middle (best part of two feet
wide each)
>> has
>>>>> been a bit
>>>>> tedious and required a wireless bridge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since he left I started thinking that given current
issues
>> perhaps
>>>>> staying on
>>>>> wire makes a lot of sense and while house is in
upheaval now is
>> time
>>>>> to sort it
>>>>> once and for all. We will be putting holes thru both
of the
>>>>> problematic walls
>>>>> very soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Next I checked price of Gbit switches and they are
nowhere near
>> as
>>>>> high as I'd
>>>>> expected (few tens of pounds).
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I think I'll get two cables per room laid except
study that
>> gets
>>>>> three, but
>>>>> based on peoples experience, what is best, CAT5E or
CAT6? My
>> idea is
>>>>> one for PC
>>>>> one for video per room. Comments? Am I being mean? I
realise
>> Gbe
>>>>> will give me
>>>>> little in web access but I'm more thinking of covering
options
>> for
>>>>> next few
>>>>> years (I would say 5-10 yrs but been bitten on that
before)
>>>>>
>>>>> regards, robin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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