Spec my network cable
Discussion
I'm having a house built and I need to supply the cable runs that I need.
The plan is to run two lines from three rooms up to the loft where I'll install a switch. The main purpose is for a hard line connection for my office, a hard line for the alarm, and future connectivity for cctv possibly.
I think I need 100m of Cat5e FTP LSZH solid core cable. I'm not doing Cat6 because I'm concerned that the runs will prove a challenge and the installer won't get me full Cat6 spec once complete.
I'm finding it hard to get a cable of that spec.. Cablemonkey do 305m worth, but I don't need that much.
Am i over-spec'ing what I actually need?
The plan is to run two lines from three rooms up to the loft where I'll install a switch. The main purpose is for a hard line connection for my office, a hard line for the alarm, and future connectivity for cctv possibly.
I think I need 100m of Cat5e FTP LSZH solid core cable. I'm not doing Cat6 because I'm concerned that the runs will prove a challenge and the installer won't get me full Cat6 spec once complete.
I'm finding it hard to get a cable of that spec.. Cablemonkey do 305m worth, but I don't need that much.
Am i over-spec'ing what I actually need?
i assumed LSZH would be required because i had heard similar for running speaker cable for ceiling speakers, so I assumed i'd want the same for data cables.
I'm also already running double what i need by having two runs per room! We are 2 people in a 5 bed house, so i don't need data in a dressing room, a spare bedroom, our utility room etc. Living room, office, under stairs beside the alarm will be fine and if i ever need to expand then i'll be breaking out the fish tape or using existing runs to pull through more cable.. Wi-Fi is more than capable for anything else we need, and with the switch in the loft i can easily expand upstairs and cover cctv in the eaves.
I appreciate the advice, and if it were not being built by a developer i would have more freedom, so my request as it stands now is already pushing it. I'll be dropping in on the site manager with a reel of cable and saying "hey, can you just run that up there please?"!!!
I would have thought FTP would be sensible given the potential proximity to electrical cable, especially under the stairs where my alarm and consumer unit would be.
I'm also already running double what i need by having two runs per room! We are 2 people in a 5 bed house, so i don't need data in a dressing room, a spare bedroom, our utility room etc. Living room, office, under stairs beside the alarm will be fine and if i ever need to expand then i'll be breaking out the fish tape or using existing runs to pull through more cable.. Wi-Fi is more than capable for anything else we need, and with the switch in the loft i can easily expand upstairs and cover cctv in the eaves.
I appreciate the advice, and if it were not being built by a developer i would have more freedom, so my request as it stands now is already pushing it. I'll be dropping in on the site manager with a reel of cable and saying "hey, can you just run that up there please?"!!!
I would have thought FTP would be sensible given the potential proximity to electrical cable, especially under the stairs where my alarm and consumer unit would be.
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