ᐅ Cat 7 Network – What Is It?

Skunk schrieb:
If the original poster wants, I’m happy to do that. Otherwise, I’m actually quite indifferent.

You probably mean Cat5e, right?

What works easily on a small scale with Cat5e unfortunately isn’t always feasible on a large scale for in-home wiring. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I have to draw the line somewhere between free advice and paid services. So here is just a brief summary. Even with perfect cabling, the total cable length in home wiring quickly becomes considerable. On top of that, there are various sources of interference.

Fortunately, no advice is needed here anymore ;-)

Skunk schrieb:
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I have to draw the line somewhere between free advice and paid services.

I think you are in the wrong place here!

Regarding the topic: I also believe that using Cat 7 is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but if it’s included anyway, then it’s all fine.

I wasn’t asking about which is better. As I said, Cat 7 is included.

What I wanted to know was where it makes sense to use it and what you can do with it, since I’ve never really dealt with it before.

But thanks for all the answers.

So, besides the planned outlets (kids’ room, office), I will also have one installed in the living room and maybe one in the dining room.

Regarding the patch panel, I will get back to some of you later.

My goal is to network the house so that the kids (whenever we have them) can print from downstairs, and so I can access my hard drive in the office from my AV receiver in the living room via a network cable. (It has a network port)

An additional Wi-Fi router will still be used for laptops, phones, etc.

What kind of patch panel do I need then?

5 outlets, 3 PCs, 1 AVR, 1 Wi-Fi router

Best regards, Florian

krausf3 schrieb:


What kind of patch panel do I need?

5 outlets, 3 PCs, 1 AVR, 1 Wi-Fi router

Best regards, Florian

The number of ports needed on the patch panel depends solely on the number of outlets. Each outlet has 2 connection points, so you need 2 ports on the patch panel per double outlet. 5 double outlets = 10 ports.

So, can I plug two devices into each outlet?
For example, a laptop and a desktop computer in the office?

I always thought it was input and output! 🙁

You will then need 2 cables per double outlet (or you split the 8 wires across both connections, but then you won’t have Gigabit anymore).
Input (RX) and output (TX) use wires 1, 2 and 3, 6 at least up to 100 Mbps.
I only know of patch panels (19") with at least 16 ports.