{"id":2491,"date":"2019-05-10T16:14:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2023-01-18T06:05:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:05:52","slug":"routing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/2019\/05\/10\/routing\/","title":{"rendered":"Routing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2491 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/2019\/05\/10\/routing\/60235167_10155936563890047_5617591170449276928_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/60235167_10155936563890047_5617591170449276928_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/60235167_10155936563890047_5617591170449276928_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/60235167_10155936563890047_5617591170449276928_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/60235167_10155936563890047_5617591170449276928_n-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I got some spools of Cat6 UTP, Cat6A UTP, and Cat6\/FTP just to get an idea of the difference in thickness and routability.  I did some test routes in a wall and around some bends as well.<\/p>\n<p>Most Cat6 today is branded Cat6e (enhanced) and listed at 550MHz capable.  Cat6A is often listed at 650-750MHz depending on the manufacturer, and the particular spool I have is listed at 750MHz.<\/p>\n<p>The Cat6A is thicker than the Cat6, but the Cat6 FTP (foil shield over the entire pair group) is even thicker.  In terms of bendability the 6 and 6A are not much different, while the 6\/FTP is noticeably stiffer.<\/p>\n<p>It is typically claimed that Cat6 can do 10Gig to about 60m although that depends a great deal on the environment.  The newer 2.5G and 5G can both do 100m in Cat6.<\/p>\n<p>Cost wise &#8211; The Cat6 is around $120-$130 per 1000ft, and the Cat6A is around $200 per 1000ft.  I&#8217;m running 2 wires to every drop, and I have around 250 drops.  I would guess the average drop is ~100ft, but that could be way off.  In total I am thinking around 25000 ft of wire (about 5 miles), but to make it reasonable to pull I would probably need 30-40 1000-ft spools.<\/p>\n<p>I am considering doing Cat6 to all of the cameras, motion sensors, and other IOT devices, and doing 6A to all of the access points, wall data drops, etc.    That seems like a good mix of what is reasonable given the potential use cases.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll do 12 bundle 9\/125 singlemode fiber to some key places as well, especially the offices, A\/V area, shop, etc.  Given the really low cost of 2 or 4 bundle 9\/125 fiber it is tempting to just run it everywhere along with the Cat6A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got some spools of Cat6 UTP, Cat6A UTP, and Cat6\/FTP just to get an idea of the difference in thickness and routability. I did some test routes in a wall and around some bends as well. Most Cat6 today is branded Cat6e (enhanced) and listed at 550MHz capable. Cat6A is often listed at 650-750MHz depending on the manufacturer, and the particular spool I have is listed at 750MHz. The Cat6A is thicker than the Cat6, but the Cat6 FTP&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/2019\/05\/10\/routing\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-house","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5929,"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/5929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sponaugle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}