Question about Cat 7 cable
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Posted by Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, th on February 6, 2005, 12:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options If you really want to future-proof, you should run flex or conduit, and thus leave yourself the option of putting fiberoptic cable at a later date. That is if you really want the future. But it's likely that the legacy copper will still be around and fully useable for decades to come. > My plan was to run the cat 7 to deep single- and double-gang metal
> boxes, to which I'd attach Canford connector plates with holes that > will take either XLR, BNC, phono or BNC sockets. This way I have > flexibility over what to feed to different locations. > > > One concern is that Cat 7 uses solid core rather than stranded > conductors - will this create problems in connecting to the various > sockets? I've seen reference to needing to connect using a punchdown > block, and I'm not sure how this would work in the setup I'm > envisaging. > > This is a bit of a leap into the dark for me, representing quite a big > investment plus a real headache if I put it all in, replaster my walls > and lay the floors, only to find it doesn't work, so I'd be very > keen for any thoughts. > > Many thanks, > > Chris > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Al Dykes on February 6, 2005, 3:32 pm
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>> I'm about to wire up my house, and have decided to run Ethernet cable
>> pretty much everywhere, using it for both data and audio. >> >> Was originally going to use cat 5, but have instead settled on Cat 7 >> (which in the UK only appears to be available from Canford). It will >> cost quite a lot more, but it's not often I have all my floorboards >> up, and I'd like to future-proof as much as I can! >
>If you really want to future-proof, you should run flex or conduit, and >thus leave yourself the option of putting fiberoptic cable at a later >date. That is if you really want the future. But it's likely that the >legacy copper will still be around and fully useable for decades to >come. > > >> My plan was to run the cat 7 to deep single- and double-gang metal
>> boxes, to which I'd attach Canford connector plates with holes that >> will take either XLR, BNC, phono or BNC sockets. This way I have >> flexibility over what to feed to different locations. >> >> >> One concern is that Cat 7 uses solid core rather than stranded >> conductors - will this create problems in connecting to the various >> sockets? I've seen reference to needing to connect using a punchdown >> block, and I'm not sure how this would work in the setup I'm >> envisaging. >> >> This is a bit of a leap into the dark for me, representing quite a big >> investment plus a real headache if I put it all in, replaster my walls >> and lay the floors, only to find it doesn't work, so I'd be very >> keen for any thoughts. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Chris >> >
> I strongly suggest that you plan the location point(s) for WiFI APs to cover the entire house and pull CAT5 to those points. You don't have to buy APs until you need them. They will get their power over the ethernet cable (aka POE). These can be closets or attic locations that you would not otherwise think to pull cable to. A good "g" signal gives you lots of speed and IMO will be useful in the future as more gadgets come out. Right now it lets you put a printer anywhere you have 120VAC. -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> pretty much everywhere, using it for both data and audio.
>
> Was originally going to use cat 5, but have instead settled on Cat 7
> (which in the UK only appears to be available from Canford). It will
> cost quite a lot more, but it's not often I have all my floorboards
> up, and I'd like to future-proof as much as I can!