so in response to my earlier question, someone said run cat 6 instead of cat 5e
when I pull wire.
I figure I'm not too far in and that might be a good idea. I google, and it
says cat 6 is just cat 5e made to a higher standard, on site said it had better
shielding. the kid at comp usa (who seemed very knowledgeable) repeated the
thing about the better shielding (but that's it). said it used rj45 jacks and
the same as cat 5e termination blocks.
but the older gentleman at his electronics shop (who you'd think would know)
said cat6 actually carries data faster than 5e and uses all different blocks.
now, this is contradicted by everything else, but I've started to trust
curmedgeonly old people, and why else would I want cat 6 if it's only
better/more stringently made and/or better shielded? actually I get the
shielding, but it's a house in the woods, not an office building.
I've been here:
http://www.lanshack.com/cat5e-tutorial.asp#Chart
and here:
http://www.generalcable.com/North_America/NA_Assets/TechPapers/LookCat6.pdf
and it seems the kid's closer to right. to top it all off, the cat 5e the old
guy had had 320 mhz on the box, which the guy said was good, and seems to be
higher than what cat 5e is rated for.
so what's the real truth?
scott
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