Crisp Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 As title, is UTP CAT6 capable of 10G performance? I've been reading up on it, and acording to this article, it isn't... http://www.brand-rex...GB/Default.aspx I'm looking at CAT cable, for future proofing but don't want CAT6a as it's too thick. Would shielded CAT6 do the job, and would it have to be rated @ 550MHz? Thanks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 According to wikipedia, yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 To be sure you'd really have to go Cat6a according to Wikipedia. If you're unlucky you'll only get a maximum cable length of 37m and you have to be careful when bending it and stuff. Cat6A is a lot more resilient, and you can go up to 100m cable distance in all situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 11, 2012 MVC Share Posted March 11, 2012 Is this for you home or work place. If you home, 6 should be fine for allowing for 10G, your not going to have a larged bundled run in home are you? Where you would have to be worried about crosstalk? Even if you did - 37m run in a home is quite long ;) If not your looking at 55m -- which should be more than long enough for anything in a home setup. Unless maybe you live in a Palace? But to be honest if your whole plan is future proofing, why are you not looking at Class F, sometimes called Cat 7 cable? Crisp 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Is this for you home or work place. If you home, 6 should be fine for allowing for 10G, your not going to have a larged bundled run in home are you? Where you would have to be worried about crosstalk? Even if you did - 37m run in a home is quite long ;) If not your looking at 55m -- which should be more than long enough for anything in a home setup. Unless maybe you live in a Palace? But to be honest if your whole plan is future proofing, why are you not looking at Class F, sometimes called Cat 7 cable? The cables would be about 30m in length, just from reading around online, I was convinced UTP wouldn't do it. So there would be no affect from running 4 CAT6 cables parallel to each other? If I had the money to run CAT7, I would just fiber the home :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 11, 2012 MVC Share Posted March 11, 2012 Where are you getting 10GB equipment that is in the budget for a home project anyway? Let alone have any need in a home project? Unless you were putting together a bundle like you would see in a data center, I doubt there is going to be much problem. 4 cables does not equal a bundle ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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