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yes I always have trusted netgear switches there the best so far at this point.
I have heard of aliexpress and dhgate.com
Cat5e is fine, gigabit is fine, cheap ethernet cable is fine (not the flat crap).
I agree I don't like the flat ethernet cable either I wouldn't buy that.
No way you will get close to needing 10gbit on a home network, and you can always go with bonding/EtherChannel for high bandwidth stuff.
Only way i would 10 GBit in a house would be a token ring setup
I did cat 6e (for gbit) for a mate's place, but then the roll of cable cost only the slab consumed installing it!
Yes...they are being sold on aliexpress.com
Very cheap
I would tend to agree. But perhaps the OP transfers a lot of terabyte files around the house.
Plus, it sounds like something cool to have, "just because".
Am I the only one who didn't read instead voted for the most expensive and time consuming things?
Invest in high quality cat5e. Worth it more than basic 6A. 7 is over-reality for the moment.
A note about network speeds. Really high bandwidth is needed when you're covering large distances and expecting to share with very many users. In a home environment you have few users and no distance problem. So, if you want to transfer terabyte files, you use sneakernet. Pick up your hdd and walk to the next room - saves both expense and time.
tl;dr In a home environment there's likely no use case for anything more than cat5e.
Actually the whole point of this networking to make a central hub where a NAS server would be....which will then share files all over the home by wire....not a fan of wireless
Sounds like a nice arrangement. So cat5e would be plenty then.
I'm not sure why you mention wireless, unless you didn't understand what I meant by distance and why I mentioned it. In a home environment you can move large files like scientific databases in the terabyte size using sneakernet. When you have large distances, that is not practical. If your family is not doing that kind of big data work, then you don't need more than gigabyte capability. In the event that you want to move the whole thing, just physically move it.
Ok...Sneakernet approach is good...
But I will play it safe and get a good cat6 cable besides these sorts of investments are one time ....And cat6 is in my budget....eventhough you thinks its an overkill...
The problem is that in my country finding things that are orignal can some time be tough...So if i get my hands on a cheap / bad cat5e its going to drop to 100Mb/sec
But if its cat6 then there are less chances of that happening...
False! Same as Cat5e. Always depend on wire quality and how good you are to make connectors.
Okay I admit you are right.
BTW
Which Brands you would suggest?
1.3M
2.AMP
3.Clipsal
or anyother?
Fantastic topic, keep it up guys!
Noob questions:
One good and reliable router + switch
Depend on your needs. Cable will always be better than wireless.
Can't be said. Too many factor. Can do for 100 or 3000. Depend on length and quality that you are looking for.