On 03/04/18 09:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Dave Liquorice wrote:

Cat5e will run Gigabit and is easier to handle than Cat6...

Yes indeed - but for installation cable, I'm going for future proofing

10Gbase-T won't do the full 100m over cat6 (though I suppose 55m is fine
for most houses, if not then use cat6a, shielded for maximum future
proofing).

Yes indeed - Cat6 *may* manage 10g, but it's not properly ratified by
any standards. I meant 6a (as in my original post, the above was a typo).

On a related note, Cat7a seems to be making an appearance with twice the
raw bandwidth... I won't be going that far


cat5e can be used for MultiGig (2.5 or 5.0 Gbit), but so far I've only
seen APs using that rather than PCs, but it seems gaming laptops are
starting to support it.