When you install cable between 2 rooms it is best to buy solid core cable and 2 surface mount boxes (looks like this). Lay the cable (hopefully out of sight) and wire up the boxes (guide here: http://www.lanshack.com/cat5e-tutorial.aspx). You don't need special tools IF you use the surface mount boxes, a small flat head screw driver will do the trick. The wires are just pushed into place on the surface mount boxes (I've done it so many times I can't even count and I don't use a punch tool, in fact my screw driver works better for me than the punch tool I have).
Here in Pretoria CAT5e costs around R2 per meter and the boxes are like R10 ea. So 40m shouldn't cost you much more than +-R100 excluding patch cable (cable between the PC/Switch/Router/etc. and the surface box).
From those boxes you use normal pre-made cable or if you have a crimp tool, you can make your own. However patch cable is better pre-bought. I don't mean the type they make in the back of the store , the type with the factory plastic connector that you can see isn't crimped on. Those back of the store made cables I don't like personally, not as rugged as the pre-made type IMHO.
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The specification for gigabit Ethernet (specifically 1000BASE‑T/IEEE 802.3ab) states that the maximum cable length is 100m, of which only a maximum of 10m may be stranded (stranded wire has higher losses than solid core).
Cable length may be up to 100meters and you will still get full speed of 1000BASE-T. There is no degrade in speed (latency probably increases however the question is if it is measurable by normal means, I highly doubt it).
You need at least CAT 5e, CAT6 will net you no gains in gigabit Ethernet.
If however if you plan to upgrade to 10GBASE-T (10 gigabit Ethernet) eventually you will need CAT6 (cable length up to 40m in high noise environment) or CAT6a (cable length up to 100m with up to 10m stranded).
Here in Pretoria CAT5e costs around R2 per meter and the boxes are like R10 ea. So 40m shouldn't cost you much more than +-R100 excluding patch cable (cable between the PC/Switch/Router/etc. and the surface box).
From those boxes you use normal pre-made cable or if you have a crimp tool, you can make your own. However patch cable is better pre-bought. I don't mean the type they make in the back of the store , the type with the factory plastic connector that you can see isn't crimped on. Those back of the store made cables I don't like personally, not as rugged as the pre-made type IMHO.
Hmmm, well, with 40 meters, you gonna only get like 80-90% of the signal speed (if a gig network, then about 800 mbits), but yeah, for 40 meters, I guess it'll be best to buy it premade
Where did you get that from?
The specification for gigabit Ethernet (specifically 1000BASE‑T/IEEE 802.3ab) states that the maximum cable length is 100m, of which only a maximum of 10m may be stranded (stranded wire has higher losses than solid core).
Cable length may be up to 100meters and you will still get full speed of 1000BASE-T. There is no degrade in speed (latency probably increases however the question is if it is measurable by normal means, I highly doubt it).
You need at least CAT 5e, CAT6 will net you no gains in gigabit Ethernet.
If however if you plan to upgrade to 10GBASE-T (10 gigabit Ethernet) eventually you will need CAT6 (cable length up to 40m in high noise environment) or CAT6a (cable length up to 100m with up to 10m stranded).
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