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Cable Wars: Cat 6 vs Cat 7 vs. Cat 5e?
stone22 asks: "My company has decided to install a gigabit link. This will be initially used only for testing purposes, and on the longterm as a backbone for our corperate network. We allready decided to use copper, but what standard ? I've heard about problems using cat 7 cables (cross talk, bulky cables, non-standard connectors) so I could really use some hints from all you cabling experts out there."
Its good for hunting down background information about systems.
That is, if you're an expert at formulating queries. If you really want to reduce the number of "Ask Slashdot" questions that Google could answer better, then don't just gripe that it should have been an "Ask Google" question. Instead, teach your fellow users how to formulate an effective query.
Will I retire or break 10K?
You can really tell that a bunch of sysadmins and not highly-paid wire jockies read slashdot... A cable is a cable, indeed. LOL.
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Seriously, in our lab tests, Cat 7 DID have some problems with a number of our servers- and this included non-home-grown stuff like NetApps and Suns. Cat 6 worked just fine. Check a couple of the links here for some more info.
Cat 6 actually did provide us with better benchmarks, btw.
http://www.siemon.com/white_papers/01-01-23-sff
http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200205/kron
The most disturbing thing here is the general downward trend of respect in the Slashdot community. And why did the first post get rated a "4" when it posted info from a NIC manual saying NOTHING of value about cables or comparisons?
On the other hand, a search of Google probably would have found most of this out... but I suppose it's always nice to have a first-hand confirmation from someone who's actually looked at the question.
This is one of the most worthless article I've ever seen.
No, not because of the premise, I was actually curious what the answer was myself because I want to lay an inexpensive 1Gb network in my house at some point ("because I can").
It is worthless because of all the people who ridiculed the poster with the various RTFM and "look it up on Google" responses. Most other responses were to use something (fiber) that the poster seems to have obviously ruled out (maybe cost, maybe convenience, doesn't matter), so those don't help much either but at least they were trying.
He wanted to ask the opinion of his peers, not rely on what a manufacturer said or possibly out of date material. Most of the responses trashed him.
Why do people bother to take the time to produce non-responsive or patronizing answers? If you don't like the question, or you think he should spend his time elsewhere to get the answer, then simply don't post.
A lack of response is a much better way to get someone to go away than to waste your time writing and the time of everyone who pops in to see what the consensus was.
It is more productive to voice thoughtful opinions (reply) than to judge (moderate) others.