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Can you give some more details about which wires you would run? Is cat 6 good enough for the future, or is there something better?
If you're going to run copper, you'll probably want to run 4 of them.
You still want to run some copper regardless (at least 1 or 2), but I'd also recommend fibre (om3/4/5). OM3 can achieve 100gbps fairly easily, and om4 is even faster
Om5 honestly is probably more than future proof (is orders of magnitude faster). If you run preterminated, it can save a lot of money on the install too.
Make sure you run conduit too
Do these cables last like 20 years?
Is it not ok to just run some kind of Ethernet cables to keep costs down? I’m assuming fiber is pricey.
CAT6 officially maxes out at 10gbps. CAT7 can apparently do 40gbps up to 50m, but i seem to recall the cables being fairly chunky
The theoretical maximum of Wifi 7 is 46gbps.
If you buy preterminated Fibre, it brings the cost down significantly (at least in the past, the main cost was terminating them), especially if you get it from companies like fs.com (I have no affiliation with them, and whilst they seem to be the cheapest in Australia, not sure its the same overseas).
OM3 is 100gbps minimum for shorter distances. OM4 is apparently 400gbps up to 150m I think. OM5 is 6x the speed of OM4 (so is insane)
Sorry, I hope I’m not asking too many questions.
It’s just that my wife and I have been talking about a house and I’d like to learn more about this as I’d have the builders run the lines.
I’ve never really worked with fiber before. Is this the idea for wireless relays that accept fiber as input? Would I also need to run some Ethernet cable to connect my laptop or desktop without using wifi?
You should probably speak to your builder about how this stuff works honestly
But you would still run Ethernet primarily. Or use conduit to allow cables to be upgraded in the future