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I wired my condo with Ethernet. I ultimately settled for 5e over 6 and higher. The reasons were a few: 1. 5e was dirt cheap 2. 6 and higher cost more 3. 6 an
by freitzkriesler2 3y ago
I wired my condo with Ethernet. I ultimately settled for 5e over 6 and higher.
The reasons were a few:
1. 5e was dirt cheap
2. 6 and higher cost more
3. 6 and higher were harder to bend and made doing the runs way harder.
4. 5e speeds are more than sufficient for home use.
5. It doesn't add significant of any resale value to a home because most home owners don't know how to get it set up correctly or what a switch actually is.
I recall topping out at 2.5gBit/s. Cost and ease were more than enough for me and were getting to the point where faster home Internet speeds get donishing returns. I'm also app with 1080p streams and don't need or want 4k or higher.
The only true benefit was being able to set up multiple wireless APs which blanketed my condo with good connectivity and forced all of the misbehaving wireless access points onto my three 2.4ghz acceptable wifi channels or face poor reception .
- silverquiet 3y agoI did 5e in 2010, but I'd run 6 today. I'd also be tempted to run fiber just because, but that is probably overkill. I'd also be a bit interested in PoE for cameras and even potentially lighting these days.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoYeah maybe the prices came down. It was a few years sgo. Regardless it was nice having Ethernet around the place. My new house I don't have anything and I was too lazy to do runs this time around so I went with moca and called it a day.
- m463 3y agoIf I were doing it today, I would add fiber along with copper. It is super thin and would fill in the cracks. What I've found in places I've lived in the past is that most cables are not used. Some are used. And some are heavily used. And every once in a while, things are moved around. Once I moved a server from inside to the garage. Once I did the opposite. It is nice to be able to take the heavily used trunk and hook up the fiber pair, and use the copper for everything else... and no planning. And be able to change your mind.
- toast0 3y ago5e is plenty fine; in home use, you can likely run 10G on 5e. I'd probably run 6 today in new construction, but I've got 5e in my walls, and I've got a half box of 5e, so that's what I'll use for any minor updates, too.