Planning on Routing Ethernet

[TooManyErrors]

I'm planning on routing ethernet to my Gaming PC though the walls of my house. I know what items I'm going to buy except for the actual cable that I'll be routing through the walls. Is there anything that I should know about what type of cable I should get?

[thekeemo]

dont get the cheapest or the most expensive

[AMICLG]

The easiest "professional" way to run cables though a house that's pre-built is to run them across your basement then cut a small hole thought the ceiling in the basement under were a wall is for the cable to run up between the studs to were you want it to terminate then put in a wall box with a punch keystone jack/faceplate and to get wires on the second floor find a wall that vertically lines up on the first and second floor and do the same also I'd be easier to run bulk cable as you don't have a RJ45 head to get snagged on anything and use punch patch panel/wall jacks.

[MrBucket101]

cat6 is technically best...but I ran my house with cat 5e

 

It was cheap enough, and I won't even need the speeds guaranteed by cat6. gigabit is good enough for me

[MrBucket101]

The easiest "professional" way to run cables though a house that's pre-built is to run them across your basement then cut a small hole thought the ceiling in the basement under were a wall is for the cable to run up between the studs to were you want it to terminate then put in a wall box with a punch keystone jack/faceplate and to get wires on the second floor fined a wall that vertically lines up on the first and second floor and do the same also I'd be easier to run bulk cable as you don't have a RJ45 head to get snagged on anything.

 

I actually had to run a line from my 2nd floor to the basement, I opted for a bit of a different approach.

 

I took a 2.5lb weight and tied a knot around it with the ethernet cable. Then I fed the cable/weight down along side the cold water line to the shower. The pipe was a direct run straight to my basement.

[TooManyErrors]

Thanks guys, but is there anything else that I might have to worry about, such as EMI?

[oliverjrose99]

I'm no expert but my dad does a lot of work for schools, businesses, etc and the company he works for uses this type for networks unless they need higher speeds

[MrBucket101]

Thanks guys, but is there anything else that I might have to worry about, such as EMI?

Not unless you run the cable over a bigass magnet. and if you're really that worried then get cat6. it offers better shielding/insulation for a premium

 

I'm no expert but my dad does a lot of work for schools, businesses, etc and the company he works for uses this type for networks unless they need higher speeds

looks like cat5e. cat6 has an insulator inside

[AMICLG]

I actually had to run a line from my 2nd floor to the basement, I opted for a bit of a different approach.

 

I took a 2.5lb weight and tied a knot around it with the ethernet cable. Then I fed the cable/weight down along side the cold water line to the shower. The pipe was a direct run straight to my basement.

That's exactly it, two wall were vertically parallel so they could run pipes or in your case wires, do exactly this but you can run the wire anywhere on the first floor as your going directly into the basement

 

Not unless you run the cable over a bigass magnet. and if you're really that worried then get cat6. it offers better shielding/insulation for a premium

 

looks like cat5e. cat6 has an insulator inside

Cat6 is nearly the same price in 90% of places and hasn't had a real premium since 2006 so you should always get Cat6, getting Cat5e nowadays is like getting a base model car for the $3 cheaper than fully upgraded version.

[TooManyErrors]

Everything I was unsure about has been cleared up, thanks again.

[MrBucket101]

That's exactly it, two wall were vertically parallel so they could run pipes or in your case wires, do exactly this but you can run the wire anywhere on the first floor as your going directly into the basement

 

Cat6 is nearly the same price in 90% of places and hasn't had a real premium since 2006 so you should always get Cat6, getting Cat5e nowadays is like getting a base model car for the $3 cheaper than fully upgraded version.

My bad, misunderstood you.

 

BUT, the cat6 premium is very real.

 

check it out, almost 2x as expensive for same footage

 

1k foot cat5e - $85

 

1k foot cat6 - $150

[AMICLG]

My bad, misunderstood you.

 

BUT, the cat6 premium is very real.

 

check it out, almost 2x as expensive for same footage

 

1k foot cat5e - $85

 

1k foot cat6 - $150

OFC it has a premium on Homedepot or Lowes these are the same stores that sell outlet faceplates for $5+ each.

[skywake]

From what I can tell it's about a 40% premium for Cat6 over Cat5e. But it depends on how you're actually measuring the cost whether or not that matters or not. If you include the cost of switches and labour then the cable itself becomes a tiny part of the whole setup. If you're doing it all yourself then yeah, it'll probably be a small premium. If you're getting someone in to do it for you (which technically is the only legal way to do it in some countries) then it might even cost the same for both.

[SlayerOfHellWyrm]

cat6 is technically best...but I ran my house with cat 5e

 

It was cheap enough, and I won't even need the speeds guaranteed by cat6. gigabit is good enough for me

Cat6 is pointless if you don't need 10Gbps which let's face it, isn't happening any time soon residentially where you are. That being said, Cat6 can do 10GBaste-T up to 55m, and Cat6a can do 10GBASE-T all the way up to 100m.

 

I'm planning on routing ethernet to my Gaming PC though the walls of my house. I know what items I'm going to buy except for the actual cable that I'll be routing through the walls. Is there anything that I should know about what type of cable I should get?

Technically, the only thing you need to be worried about, is if you're running the cables in a plenum (space designed for cold air return, or cable runs, you need to use plenum safe Ethernet, which will be more expensive, and stiffer (thus harder to work with), however, it's required by law. If you're just gonna run it in a wall, you'll be fine, however, don't run it directly over halogen lights unless it's Cat6/Cat6a as Cat5/Cat5e doesn't have sufficient shielding (technically none) to protect against the EMI that the lights will give off.

[skywake]

I'm not sure I'd bet on Cat5e being able to do 10Gb upto 45m. Plus you've got to remember that you're either going to spend a whole day doing this OR you're going to be paying someone to spend a whole day doing this for you. And not necessarily a fun day doing it either, we're talking in the hot-humid roof space with dust and crap. You don't want to go through all that only to work out in ~5yrs when you want 10Gbps that it doesn't work at that speed. Did I mention that *most* of the time/effort/money spent on doing this will be on physically doing it and not the cable itself?

 

Go with Cat6. Less hassle, you'll know only have to do it once and you'll have that peace of mind.

[SlayerOfHellWyrm]

If you really want to make sure you'll never have to swap out the cabling as long as you live, go with Cat7a which is a pain in the ass, but is capable (theortically) of doing 40Gbps up to 50m, or even 100Gbps at 10m. 7a is kind of hard to find though, and super stupid expensive.