Timeline for How do I run wired internet from a single router to several different rooms in an apartment?
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| Aug 20, 2015 at 19:53 | comment | added | Craig Tullis | @Johnny Sure, I wasn't saying UTP Cat6 isn't good for 10G, just that the STP this poster is talking about is good for 10G, and that does constitute a degree of future-proofing since 10G is still $100 or more per port and you don't find it in many homes. But you didn't find 1G in many homes a few years ago, either. I totally agree that poorly installed STP suffers more interference than properly installed UTP. I just meant if the STP is in the wall, at least the grounding can be fixed later. You bring up other good points, though (bend radius, pulling with too much force) | |
| Aug 20, 2015 at 19:40 | comment | added | Johnny | @Craig - I didn't run the wires zip-tied to electrical wires, but I've seen it done (and cleaned up after it). Unshielded CAT-6 is also rated for 10Gig - the shielding doesn't increase the CAT rating. And since STP is so rare, especially in residential settings, it's more likely to be installed improperly by inexperienced installers (improper grounding, violating the more stringent bend radius, too much force while pulling, etc) which can make the STP worse than UTP. | |
| Aug 9, 2015 at 20:56 | comment | added | Craig Tullis | @Johnny The electrical code does prohibit running high voltage and low voltage cable together. Just a factor to keep in mind when talking about seeing Ethernet cable zip-tied to household current conductors. And, playing Devil's advocate, shielded Cat6 is good for 10Gb/s Ethernet. So that's a little bit of future-proofing no matter how you look at it. And if the cable's in the wall, you can always find a way to appropriately ground the shielding, which is not possible if the shielding isn't there at all. ;-) | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 17:32 | comment | added | Johnny | There's no reason to use shielded twisted pair cable in a home -- I've seen long CAT-5 and CAT-6 runs zip tied to NM-B that works fine. Few residential users will adequately ground their shielded wiring since they lack a good signal ground for it -- A typical residential electrical power system ground that's not designed to be an RF ground can actually be noisier than no ground at all thanks to the skin effect of sending RF through a single conductor. Shielded cable won't help you "future-proof" your network since shielded CAT-6 is not the same as CAT-7. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 14:11 | comment | added | ChrisF♦ | Good point about putting a pair of ports in each room. Though if push comes to shove you could always run a local switch in a room if you needed more ports. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 14:08 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | I'll second running networking cables in pairs, even if you only use a 4-port router now. It's much easier to run cable before the walls are closed up, and having twin runs gives you some degree of redundancy against failure even if you never use both ports at once. | |
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| Jul 31, 2015 at 12:52 | history | answered | Nick C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |