Cat5e
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Pros
- You might want to inspect it and make sure it’s NOT CAT5e cable - Some home builders pull it instead of telephone wire. If it is CAT5, you’ve hit the jackpot!
- we recently are upgrading our network to XGS PON so I’m provisioned for 8gig now and my Cat5e handles it fine.
- Was looking for ways to run cat6 through my house to get wired connections in each room and popped my phone connections to find its entirely run in cat 5e! Am I overlooking something or can i continue being over the moon about it?
- Category 5e will work, as long as the PoE device is rated for 100 meters. Just an FYI—most IP cameras only connect at 100Mbps anyway, so Cat5e is typically sufficient for that.
- Seeing as cat5e will do 10gbps up to around 50-100ft, there's no point of upgrading anything
Cons
- There is a possibility you could use it as pull-string to pull cat5e or 6, but if this is original to the house it is probably stapled to the framing and won't move.
- Cat5 is a decade behind. 10 years ago I put 6a in our house. I’d go atleast there
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What redditors said (10 of 13)
There is a possibility you could use it as pull-string to pull cat5e or 6, but if this is original to the house it is probably stapled to the framing and won't move.
You might want to inspect it and make sure it’s NOT CAT5e cable - Some home builders pull it instead of telephone wire. If it is CAT5, you’ve hit the jackpot!
Cat5 is a decade behind. 10 years ago I put 6a in our house. I’d go atleast there
we recently are upgrading our network to XGS PON so I’m provisioned for 8gig now and my Cat5e handles it fine.
Was looking for ways to run cat6 through my house to get wired connections in each room and popped my phone connections to find its entirely run in cat 5e! Am I overlooking something or can i continue being over the moon about it?
Category 5e will work, as long as the PoE device is rated for 100 meters. Just an FYI—most IP cameras only connect at 100Mbps anyway, so Cat5e is typically sufficient for that.
Seeing as cat5e will do 10gbps up to around 50-100ft, there's no point of upgrading anything
CAT5e is definitely good for gigabit
If I were doing it myself I might opt for CAT5E. The cable is smaller diameter and easier to work with -- especially with RJ45 terminations.
When I was watching my townhouse be built in 2009, I was glad that they used Cat5e instead of Cat3 for the phone wiring.
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