[kwlug-disc] CAT6 - worthwhile? [Was: Re: Powerline networking - viable?]

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[Thanks very much John, excellent.]

Re: CAT6

I have always assumed there is no significant (home) benefit to CAT6 
over CAT5e, particularly given the additional handling 'difficulties' / 
cost, especially as I never expect to have any home equipment better 
than 1 gigabit, full duplex even, to connect it to.

Have I assumed incorrectly in terms of benefits?


On 13-10-25 09:26 AM, John Van Ostrand wrote:
> I have two pairs at home, not the av speeds, slower. They work but not always
> flawlessly they tend to get warm so they suck a fair amount of energy.
>
> They have some drawbacks. They don't work across a transformer. Which usually
> isn't a problem unless you're trying to connect to a neighbour across the
> street. This also means that interference from a neighbour's powerline adapters
> is possible. And interloping is too.
>
> When you use more than one you are effectively setting up a shared media, unlike
> a switch. More like a hub or wifi access point.
>
> Also like wifi it's not easy to get the full bandwidth because like shared media
> collisions happen.
>
> Now that we are down to two in use (from four) they seem to operate well for
> Internet use. I'd be wary of pumping a lot of data across them, like a backup.
>
> The ones I have (dlink from years ago) have a password protect option. I bet
> this means a neighbour would have to spend 15 or 20 minutes to crack the security.
>
> I originally purchased them as a stop gap. We bought a house and I needed time
> to wire it. These gave access during the months it took me to pull cat 6.
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>
> Been minded that 'powerline' is out there, again. Poking about at Canada
> Computer, seems I see 3 manufacturers, D-Link, Netgear, Trendnet - no
> doubt all the same internals. Kits range from $55 - $100.
>
>   From a bit of poking, I see claims of gigabit ports, but further
> reading reveals max. 500 Mbps transmission. (And they wonder why people
> mistrust marketers. The info. may be factual, but ...) (Tag seems to be
> 'AV 500'.)
>
> Anyone have any experience with powerline / wisdom to share?
>
> - not trying to run multiple HD video streams, just get across a gym
> with very high ceilings that make a physical copper run problematic. One
> 1280x800 ip cam stream reliably coming full bore would be desired, though.
>
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