do i need to use cat 8 cable to network my home? i'm very new to this and just wantto check te advice i've been given.
thanks
I'd like to put in all the required cabling in at the build stage even if I can't afford the actual distribution system interface. I've looked at Netstreams which looks impressive but no idea on cost.
Can anyone recommend a company who could advise on the cabling required and the most suitable system for my needs. I'm located in Gloucestershire if anyone knows of a local company.
Thanks in advance.
do i need to use cat 8 cable to network my home? i'm very new to this and just wantto check te advice i've been given.
thanks
Cat8 is only of use if you are going to try and send analogue 75 Ohm signals along 100 Ohm wires and then out to 75 Ohm loads. Needless to say this idea can create lots of problems.
For digital signals, Cat5e is rated for 1Gb/sec up to 90m, I would expect even Cat5 to be fine within a house.
Even if you want to send 75 Ohm video over cat5 you can you just need impeadence matching baluns... Cat5e can carry alot more than cat8 when used with baluns for example 1080p video with audio and IR control all down 1 cat5e
I do not beleive this is correct.
Isn't it actully the case that the smart-e systems have just not been qualified against cat 7 or 8 cabling?
Compatiility asside cat 7 and cat 8 will carry more bandwidth than cat5e, to suggest otheriwse is simply wrong.
John.
Purely on bandwidth Cat8 will carry more (still less than RG6 or WF100 tho) is Cat8 more future proof? No as no one knows what the future is all you can say is ait has more bandwidth which may be useful in future. More cores may be more important than bandwith, no ones knows yet
IS it? The whole point of moving from analogue to digital was the ability to compress and send more data in the same bandwidth least it was in my lectures a few years ago!!!As we move to a more and more digital world bandwidth is king.
IS it? The whole point of moving from analogue to digital was the ability to compress and send more data in the same bandwidth least it was in my lectures a few years ago!!!
Can I throw another one into the mix?
How does Cat8 cope with satellite frequencies, running up to 2100MHz (2.1GHz)?
Or wanting two seperate network points at the same location?
V.
It copes in exactly the same way cat5 does i.e. you don't use it for feeding raw satelite feed, thats what your CT100 etc is for.
John.