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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
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
CAT cables have a lifespan of 10 years. That's your issue.
A brand new good CAT5e is good for up to Gigabit speeds over short distances.
Something else is going on. If everything is wired, you should be getting full gigabit speed. Yes, even with Cat5e.
My house is wired with Cat5e. I have a QNAP 10Gbe NAS in the closet, and 10Gbe on my desktop computer. When I copy files over a mixture of Cat6 and the Cat5e cables in the wall, I get around 850MB/sec (yes, MB/sec, not Mbps.)
Cat5e is rated up to 1Gbe, but any tech person knows that it can go faster than than. Linus Tech Tips says Cat5e can easily push 5Gbe. (And I go beyond that since I get close to 900MB/sec on my NAS.) So I don't quite reach 10Gbe over Cat5e, but I get pretty darn close.
Quality of actual cables and termintions as well can be a factor, regardless of CAT#.