Big property for a start that has lots of thick walls which will degrade the signal, so I might need a mesh network. I may not, but better to be looking at it than for it. And I require a hard line running back to the switch for a thin client (no wi-fi) for work and some lines outside to areas beyond WIFI range.What's the problem with everything being WiFi?
Accessibility will likely not be good later. I am thinking of leaving enough space to fish a cable through if I had to though that could go wrong.Cat 8 will theoretically carry 40Gbps, but the run limit is 30m, which isn’t as far as it sounds when you route them in neatly.
Cat 7 is 10Gbps up to 100m.
I wouldn’t discount Cat6 myself, depends on how much you are putting in and how accessible it will be in future.
The cost will increase with each revision too.
Accessibility will likely not be good later. I am thinking of leaving enough space to fish a cable through if I had to though that could go wrong.
What happens to Cat 8 over 30m? Just a drop-off in speed?
yeah, my work PC is wired to my router, but everything else is WiFi. Just wondered if I was missing anything. I'd had poor results with boosters, but Sky sent one recently and it works really well.Big property for a start that has lots of thick walls which will degrade the signal, so I might need a mesh network. I may not, but better to be looking at it than for it. And I require a hard line running back to the switch for a thin client (no wi-fi) for work and some lines outside to areas beyond WIFI range.
I did this cable thing when I moved into my house 15 years ago, but it all got redundant due to WiFi being easier and it works. I also put draw strings to future proof it, but never used them, and wouldn't bother doing it again.Accessibility will likely not be good later. I am thinking of leaving enough space to fish a cable through if I had to though that could go wrong.
What happens to Cat 8 over 30m? Just a drop-off in speed?
Yeah, will drop down to 10 anyway.
Yeah it is probably overkill but I can get at it easily now for this sort of messing so I might as well.I did this cable thing when I moved into my house 15 years ago, but it all got redundant due to WiFi being easier and it works. I also put draw strings to future proof it, but never used them, and wouldn't bother doing it again.
Depends on what you use it for. WiFi still isn't as good or reliable as cable. Doesn't really matter in most applications, but it's very noticeable in gaming for instance. In some games my ping is 50-80 ms on WiFi, but only around 30 ms wired. That makes a massive difference in that application.I did this cable thing when I moved into my house 15 years ago, but it all got redundant due to WiFi being easier and it works. I also put draw strings to future proof it, but never used them, and wouldn't bother doing it again.