Question

Assume you were building a new home. Your family has five computers and a printer that you want to put on a high-speed network. What kind of cabling would you use in your home? Coaxial, Cat 5e, 6, 7, fiber? Remember, it's a new construction--so you can put in whatever you want. Why did you choose the type of cabling that you did?

Answer 1

I have to use cat6a for the following reasons:

Cat6a cabling has augmented specification designed to double transmission frequency to 500 MHz.

The other networks speed is less compared to this one.

This cable infrastructure supports full 10-Gigabit Ethernet speeds without giving up 100 meters of cable length.

The same is true for Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) cables that reduce alien crosstalk.

Most computers are linked at Gigabit Ethernet speeds. IEEE 802.3 continues to drive demand for high performance. Reaching 10,000 Mb/s requires a higher category of cable, such as Cat6 or Cat6a.

Cat6 or Cat6a is recommended if you plan to upgrade or move into a new facility within the next 5 to 10 years.

Category 6 cable solutions are suffice for transmission quality, provided you don’t need to streamline intricate video applications or large format presentations.

Cat6 cables have long been used for network connectivity, but this type of cabling might not be an ideal long-term choice. Instead, as video streaming and wireless communications become more standard business practices, this kind of copper wiring might soon meet bandwidth limitations.

CAT-6A is also backwards compatible with CAT-6 and CAT-5e due to the continued use of the RJ45 connector.

CAT-6A is proving to be a cost effective solution for current and emerging applications as it supports higher bandwidths and 10Gbps network speeds up to 100 meters.