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> Unfortunately cat6 can only handle about 10 Gbps What is the main limitation for cables regarding transmission rates? Do we just need to move to fiber? I wa

> Unfortunately cat6 can only handle about 10 Gbps What is the main limitation for cables regarding transmission rates? Do we just need to move to fiber? I was surprised recently looking into wifi options that apparently the new wifi 6 claims to handle 2400Mbps. I assumed a wired connection would always trounce wireless (and I guess cat6 can do 4x that), but it seems like people are moving mostly to wireless setups. Is it solely because of the inconvenience of wiring things through a building?

rand49an 6y ago
You still need to have multi gigabit switching and cabling to supply those WiFi6 points though!
dragontamer 6y ago
> I was surprised recently looking into wifi options that apparently the new wifi 6 claims to handle 2400Mbps. The entire WiFi network can handle 2400Mbps. While a 10Gbps CAT6 cable can handle a 10Gbps connection up and down stream per wire. In short: 10Gbps CAT6 vs WiFi6 on "apples-to-apples" terms is 20Gbps (10Gbps per direction) vs WiFi 2.4Gbps. Note that each additional CAT6 cable you add to the network increases your aggregate bandwidth by another 20Gbps (10Gbps duplex). A 8-port 10Gbps switch can be organizing 80Gbps duplex (80Gbps to, and from, every port), or 160Gbps in WiFi terms.