Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Prashant P Kothari]

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Dibyo  wrote:

> On 7 Jun 2017 03:19, "Prashant P Kothari"  wrote:
>
> Folks
>
> We're moving in to a new house in Virginia this summer
>
> Q) The builder's default cable is CAT5... but I'm wondering if it makes
> sense to upgrade to CAT5e or even CAT6?
>
> Does anyone have first-hand experience with this
>
> Thanks
> Prashant
>
>
> Dont have experience with house builders but cat6 is clearly superior. The
> easiest way to speed up your home internet if you have broadband is to make
> sure the cable from the wall to your modem/router is cat6.
>
> Question: while wires are stronger than WiFi, I'm assuming most of your
> home will be on WiFi?
>

---

Thanks for the recommendations, all.

Re wifi vs wires: actually I'm trying to see if I can set up wired as much
as possible.

TV-to-Verizon FIOS: via CAT6 cable
TV-to-Internet (Amazon/ Netflix): via Ethernet cables, if possible
Desktop-to-Internet: via Ethernet
Laptops-to-Internet: via Ethernet cable, at least in my home office

Reasons
1) Speed
2) A techie I met recently said it's safer to minimize the use of wifi at
home

Best
Prashant

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Bharath Chari]

On 2017-06-06 22:18, Prashant P Kothari wrote:

Folks

We're moving in to a new house in Virginia this summer

Q) The builder's default cable is CAT5... but I'm wondering if it
makes sense to upgrade to CAT5e or even CAT6?

Does anyone have first-hand experience with this

Thanks
Prashant


I'd go with Cat6. With the following caveats:

1) Remember that the speed will quick deteriorate towards 1 Gbps after 
around 150 ft.
2) Keep proper separation between the electrical conduits and the 
Network cables. Electricians in India are notorious for running them 
both through the same conduits - interference is horrible, let alone the 
hazards of AC voltage creeping into the network segment. I guess you'll 
already have that separation at your place.


Bharath

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Charles Haynes]

I'm curious, what gigE devices do you have connected to your home network?

I use 5ghz WiFi for everything. Including streaming large media files. But
I am not streaming 4k video. Only 1080p.

-- Charles

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 at 17:05 gabin kattukaran  wrote:

> On 7 June 2017 at 12:09, Biju Chacko  wrote:
> > However, given that installing cable is a gigantic pain, if
> > there isn't a big price difference go with Cat6. No doubt 10G home
> > networking kit will be standard in a few years
>
>
> +1 to that. I recently got my new apartment wired up with Cat6. While
> there will be WiFi, the cabling is for streaming as Udhay says.
>
> -gabin
>
> --
>
> Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.
>
>

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[gabin kattukaran]

On 7 June 2017 at 12:09, Biju Chacko  wrote:
> However, given that installing cable is a gigantic pain, if
> there isn't a big price difference go with Cat6. No doubt 10G home
> networking kit will be standard in a few years


+1 to that. I recently got my new apartment wired up with Cat6. While
there will be WiFi, the cabling is for streaming as Udhay says.

-gabin

-- 

Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Biju Chacko]

Don't get Cat5, even home routers support gigabit now. With whatever active
components you have now, you probably won't see much difference between
Cat5e and Cat6. However, given that installing cable is a gigantic pain, if
there isn't a big price difference go with Cat6. No doubt 10G home
networking kit will be standard in a few years.

-- b



On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> Note that wireless tends to flake out while streaming large media files
> within the internal network - as in streaming a movie from a NAS to a AV
> receiver.
> --
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N))  ((via phone))
>

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Udhay Shankar N]

Note that wireless tends to flake out while streaming large media files
within the internal network - as in streaming a movie from a NAS to a AV
receiver.
-- 

--
((Udhay Shankar N))  ((via phone))

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Narayanan Hariharan]

I went through a similar experience last year and was advised to use CAT6
cables by a guy who runs the networks in a multinational company. They are
just backup for me though, my entire residence is covered with the help of
two really powerful wireless routers, one working as a range extender to
the other.

Agree with Dibyo; while wires are faster, WiFi is more efficient, and the
speed is not all that bad.

On 7 June 2017 at 00:48, Prashant P Kothari  wrote:

> Folks
>
> We're moving in to a new house in Virginia this summer
>
> Q) The builder's default cable is CAT5... but I'm wondering if it makes
> sense to upgrade to CAT5e or even CAT6?
>
> Does anyone have first-hand experience with this
>
> Thanks
> Prashant
>
>
>

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Dibyo]

On 7 Jun 2017 03:19, "Prashant P Kothari"  wrote:

Folks

We're moving in to a new house in Virginia this summer

Q) The builder's default cable is CAT5... but I'm wondering if it makes
sense to upgrade to CAT5e or even CAT6?

Does anyone have first-hand experience with this

Thanks
Prashant


Dont have experience with house builders but cat6 is clearly superior. The
easiest way to speed up your home internet if you have broadband is to make
sure the cable from the wall to your modem/router is cat6.

Question: while wires are stronger than WiFi, I'm assuming most of your
home will be on WiFi?

[silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[Prashant P Kothari]

Folks

We're moving in to a new house in Virginia this summer

Q) The builder's default cable is CAT5... but I'm wondering if it makes sense 
to upgrade to CAT5e or even CAT6?

Does anyone have first-hand experience with this

Thanks
Prashant