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Cat7 cables make a difference
Created this as a new post to help others who have the RBK853. This follows struggles to get my PS4 which seemed to be hampered when connecting with an Orbi RBK850 series with satellites. In short: us...
I run CAT6 throughout my home. No speeds issues seen here. If you do decide to upgrade to CAT7, I recommend not mixing CAT#s. Keep to one CAT level though out.
Chuck_M wrote:Here is a good top level rundown of CAT6 vs CAT7.
TL;DR
Cat6 cable standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz while Cat 7 cable is rated for transmission frequencies of up to 600 MHz.
The maximum cabling length of Cat6 network cable is 100 m. Cat7 has been designed as a standard for Gigabit Ethernet over 100 m of copper cabling.
My Sattelites are connected by CAT6 and after reading this -- makes me think I ought to consider re-running the backhaul lines with Cat 7 to maximize speeds.
Thanks for bringing this up
Do you know what CAT# cables are in the walls?
Cat 5e.
Eeeks, ya, 5e was good up to about 10 years ago. Its not recommended to mixed CAT versions, espeically with older versions of CAT#. I just pulled down 1 last 5e I had forgot about today. All CAT6 now for me.
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Here is a good top level rundown of CAT6 vs CAT7.
TL;DR
Cat6 cable standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz while Cat 7 cable is rated for transmission frequencies of up to 600 MHz.
The maximum cabling length of Cat6 network cable is 100 m. Cat7 has been designed as a standard for Gigabit Ethernet over 100 m of copper cabling.
My Sattelites are connected by CAT6 and after reading this -- makes me think I ought to consider re-running the backhaul lines with Cat 7 to maximize speeds.
Thanks for bringing this up
I run CAT6 throughout my home. No speeds issues seen here. If you do decide to upgrade to CAT7, I recommend not mixing CAT#s. Keep to one CAT level though out.
Chuck_M wrote:Here is a good top level rundown of CAT6 vs CAT7.
TL;DR
Cat6 cable standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz while Cat 7 cable is rated for transmission frequencies of up to 600 MHz.
The maximum cabling length of Cat6 network cable is 100 m. Cat7 has been designed as a standard for Gigabit Ethernet over 100 m of copper cabling.
My Sattelites are connected by CAT6 and after reading this -- makes me think I ought to consider re-running the backhaul lines with Cat 7 to maximize speeds.
Thanks for bringing this up
