I always forget the speed differences (and other specs) for ethernet cables. I can find what I need from various sources, but I haven’t been able to find a good chart with the info I want to print out at work. Most likely I’ll create my own, but I’m curious what’s already out there.
Looks like we’re up to CAT8 now, with limit of 30meters, whereas CAT7 and lower are all 100m at their base speeds. Here’s my basic cheatsheet:
CAT5 - 100Mbps, 100 Mhz
5e - 1Gbps
6 - 1Gbps (10Gbps < 55meters), 250 Mhz
6a - 10Gbps, 500 Mhz
[2nd attempt at posting. Timed out earlier.]
This should mean that, if I wire my house with all Cat6, my whole house should be able to do 10Gbps with all lines being less than 200 feet.
Right?
I run 10G over the shitty cat 5 they used for my phone wiring, although at less than 200’. You can get away with worse than what the specs say.
I really like Wikipedia for stuff like this. This chart is helpful for a quick overview and you can always dig deeper into the linked pages for each specific CAT cable:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair#Building_infrastructure
