Choosing Between Twisted Pair 5e or 6 for Gigabyte Home Network Setup

Hello, I'm building a house and getting ready to create a network. However, I wonder what twisted pair to do this? 5e is enough or better 6? All devices will be new and prepared for gigabyte networks (NAS / tv / pc)
Thank you and best regards

The control panel in a cool place (basement as is) - lead the cables away from electric lines, run at least 2 pairs to one point, use UTP 6a cable.

2 pairs with 1 Gigabit network?
All the wires are working there, 2 pairs can be used at 100 mega
As for the category 6 cable, at 25 meters in the block on the 5e cable, my speed dropped to 100 after replacing it with cat 6, the problem ceased.

I meant the number of network cables to one end point.

Ok, that's 6a, but you worried me about this far from the power cables. I wanted to have modular sockets where there are 230v plugs and at the same time rj45 plugs to work full giga, this design will not work?

You have to make an attempt with the shielded twisted pair and not very long distances can be successful.
I have seen installations in shared channels and it worked, but such actions should be avoided as much as possible.

What is the safe distance from the power cable?

It is not about security, but about interference (magnetic fields).

Hello

For Gigabit transmission at home (distances much less than 100m), a cable of a good company cat. 5e is enough. I recommend brands: Molex, AMP, R&M. Of course, you can put a category 6 twisted pair - today these are not such large price differences. If you have too much money - it can be 6A - the only question is why.

More important is the issue of close-ups with the wiring of the electrical installation. For the sake of peace of mind, I would suggest using a shielded cable, which has a slightly higher resistance to interference (than the E component) and keeping a small, e.g. 2cm distance. This is not in accordance with the standards, but sufficient at home so that there are no surprises. In any case, the strands cannot be arranged in one bundle with the electric ones. This small gap is more important than using the FTP twisted pair. At home, with UTP cables, I have never had any surprises, which I cannot say about industrial conditions.

kisses
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No FTP twisted pair - you need to have all the equipment adapted to grounding - (sockets, patch panels, active equipment) - for safety, I would keep a distance of 10-20 cm. There may or may not be a disruption depending on many factors.

hermes-80 wrote:

No FTP twisted pair - you need to have all the equipment adapted to grounding - (sockets, patch panels, active equipment) - for safety, I would keep a distance of 10-20 cm. There may or may not be a disruption depending on many factors.

A fair point about the FTP twisted pair. We assume that it will be earthed on at least one side. However, I would not exaggerate with these disturbances at home. As a rule, they are so small that even not keeping a distance will not have bad consequences.

kisses
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I would advise you to be safe - what will you do if there are cables under the plaster and you don't know where? UTP cat6 for the fact that it is not much more expensive and you do installations only once in your life because then no one will want to break all the walls.

The advice to be very careful is not bad advice. But I have never encountered any significant disturbances in the home environment. If there is an aggressor in such an environment (from the point of electromagnetic compatibility), the most effective action is its elimination, not "fortifying" the victim. This is different in an industrial setting where it is normal for significant levels of interference to occur.

kisses
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sorry in advance for the stupid question but
For the 6a or 7 cable do you need special routers that work with these cables? So are some other terminals (compared to the 5e cable).
And from the electrician's point of view, what do I have to say so that I can prepare the installations for it, earth electrode (the so-called "hoop") and something else?

Darom wrote:

But I have never encountered any significant disturbances in the home environment.

And I also do not encounter any disturbances in an office environment. A large, historic building, so you can put cables wherever you can, and not where you want. Usually everything goes in common channels with the electrician. A few cables of almost 100 m and there are sometimes problems with length. Wiring - part Cat5e, part Cat6. Zero errors. Switches have statistics for each port so it's easy to check. Installers, theoretically, are right to keep the electrics at bay, but if there are no problems in a large office (over 200 devices), then at home with short cables. Even UTP cat5e will do. And not to bother the electrician with some earth electrodes for the computer network. All electrical sockets are to be earthed, and that is enough.

I would not really "tense". I also thought it would be nice to have Gbit everywhere.
In practice, a radio is enough for everything, and it's not an AC1200, but an ordinary 300. I connect the cable when I need to transfer a few hundred GB. Everything else, including the NAS and TV, runs on WiFi.