The Truth About CAT 7 Ethernet Cable
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2018
- Discover why CAT 7 Ethernet cable might not be all it's cracked up to be. We'll take a quick look into history CAT Ethernet cables. I'll also discuss a quick overview of the past Category network cables.
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Another ADVANTAGE of Cat 7 (because of the extra shielding) is reduced RF emissions. Which is why I was an early adopter of it because I liked to listen to distant AM radio stations and it helped tremendously, as does putting all electrical wiring in metallic conduit to shield it. It also made a huge difference in speed on a gigabit network over Cat 5E (I have no experience with 6 or 6E).
I won't bother mentioning several other advantages because I see others have already mentioned them.
I will say, I was hoping for more substance in this video, like comparison testing.
Well described, thank you. Now I won't get conned into expensive changes that are worse than keeping it the same.
You are technically correct concerning data rates and for sure most folks will not need CAT7. However you are way off regarding the shielding. Connectors for Cat 7 are indeed handling the shield properties, and doing so has massive benefits for reduction on noise. Your argument that the shielding is negated by "RJ45" is incorrect, proof is there are shielded cat 5, 6 that use the same RJ45 method essentially giving a electrical path for the noise to drain. Electrically the shielding is not negated at all with a proper RJ45 or Keystone termination. Your observation narrowly views the situation from a single cable. When used in a much more common (for cat 7) server/multicable environment, the shielding is impressive. Ethernet cables with shielding like this saves us from electromagnetic interference from common sources like light ballasts, transformers, AC electrical, and of course RF. A real-world Example: I manage Audio Visual equipment for my church. Our digital projectors were having trouble using HDMI-Ethernet extenders. We switched from cat-6 to Cat-7 with no change in equipment and the problem solved. The issue was the pathway paralleled the cable along a wall with AC power cables and an audio system snake. The shielding was the benefit. Also it does not need to be grounded on both ends to be effective, except for very specific conditions. This is well known in AV as the Ground-loop issue.
Brilliantly worded! I'm a huge fan of Cat7a
CAT7 was the cheapest I could find (all positive reviews from verified purchasers, so it must actually work to some degree), so CAT7 it is!
im waiting on CAT 9 ...because i wont take anything less than 9 lives...
Plot twist, TIA skips Category 9 and goes to X
Slowest comment ever
@@daimientaylor3108 dont give them any ideas
@@GlitchedPepsi he uses internet explorer
I wish i had found this video earlier...
Concise and straight to the point! Just what I was looking for thank you 👍🏼
Great video. You should do an update video on CAT 8. CAT 8 looks the same (the specs vary a little)as CAT 7 because the big difference is CAT 8 uses grounded "rj-45" connectors.
Dang it. I bought several CAT 7 cables over the past year because they are indeed faster than my Cat5, router to PCs. But now see I could have paid half the price for Cat6, or double the length than I paid for the CAT7's without a performance hit. Thanks for the info. Ouch.
How dose this not have more views???
I recently worked an application extending the DMARC from P3 to the 9th floor of a downtown office bldg, approximately 490'. Cat 5e didn't make it down the dumb elevator shaft without breaking some strands, clearly, reinforcement is needed. Both distance and peace of mind shielding made this CAT7 the winning product.
We did a fiber line about 600 feet down a very tall building & had some kind of mesh / clamp / stiff end on the line & it made it safely, but had some harrowing hang ups in the data shafts to un-kink at times.
You made me buy a CAT7 thanks
its just cat6a anyway...
can you update me on a cat7? is it good
@@hamsgg brilliant get one
Does anyone know what maximum distance an AWG27 gauge stranded copper CAT 7 cable can have without losing its performance?
Great 👍 video, I've searched for a simple clear and easy to understand explanation on this topic but all I found was either way too complex or someone making me more confused than I was to begin with. Thank you for your simple and clear explanation.
Thank you, Glad you liked it!
so what happens if I need 75ft of cable? is Cat6a still great to use??
Of course... 75ft is less than 100m. Even CAT6 would be fine.
100 meters is roughly 300 ft. So it would work just fine.
@@s.n.9485 wow lol I had to think about what I was talking about but a late response is better than none, thank you still great to know
I have I was told Cat7, direct bury, double shielded going from house rotor to a 8 switch 70 feet away. what does this mean and I am shorting the run by 30 feet. Can I just cut and install another plug? like I would in a cat 5 or 6?
Don't forget the increase of bandwidth from 500MHz vs 1000MHz. Also the improvements in shielding. If you're taking the time to install between walls in your home go with CAT7. Worth it as FIOS will continue increasing in coverage and speeds over the next decade.
You can't ever make use of the benefits of CAT 7s 1000MHz frequency and shielding if it's terminated to RJ45. i Would got for CAT 6a or wait for the next official standard from TIA (as CAT7 is not recognised by TIA)
HilaKleiner the equipment that the CAT 7 cable connects to also has to support grounding, which consumer technology does not, this also doesn't allow for CAT 7 to exceed 10mb/s, which is what CAT6A Provides.
Cat 7 terminated with an RJ45 would be limited to 10mb/s and slower than Cat 6a? Why would that be?
@@BuzStringer hey nice video. Commscope undercarpet cable has a flat cat6 cable that passes all tia parameters and is certified easily by fluke versiv testers. Fyi
THANK YOU BUZ!!! LOVELY, DIRECT, PLAIN AND SIMPLE! All the research I needed in less than 5 minutes. I will order Cat6.
If you have switched to "CAT 7" have you seen any performance beneifit over CAT6/6a?
Srry bud what did you mean by grounded
@HilaKleiner God less your soul
I had a performance loss on cat 7, went from 1gb to 100mb
cat 7 is easy to make cat 6 and cat 5 is mutch difficult
@@drummonkeystuffuk1875 really
Will a ethernet cable of cat6 or cat7 make my 19 mps internet go up to atleast 50? xD
It wont take it over 19mbps as thats your set mbps and it wont go any higher than that
Hey with this video being 2 years old is it still true that there aren't any real flat cat 6 cables
Yes, cat6 requires twisted pairs any flat cables are not twisted and therefore do not meet the cat6 spec.
@@BuzStringer thank you
The company I get my service from is currently getting me 90 mbs on a 2010 box with a CAT 5e line. I have a new TV OLED that I'm streaming UA-camTV on, a new computer, a new phone, and all of them are speed testing at 90 mbs. Also a brand new router. I bought a CAT 7 cable, 100 ft. in the hopes of boosting speed, and my speed was reduced to 40 mbs. I'm guessing the cable was bad, Amazon reviews had a number of similar complaints. Can you think of any reason why a nice, new CAT 7 ethernet would have such poor speed? Thanks.
Please explain why you contend that one can't find (make) a flat CAT6A(CAT7) cable. In other words could you explain why the available (there are many) flat cables where each of the twisted pair is individually shielded and then the whole shielded and drained are functionally inferior to the same construction but with a Rond cross section. I don't understand. Answers can be in the form of English, British English or multivariable calculus, Im trilingual.
There are some flat CAT6a cables and there has been some innovations since I posted this video. But the Spec for CAT6a requires 23awg wire in twisted pairs. While you can lay 4 twisted pairs side by side a put a sleeve around around them it will still be quite thick and not very flat, it will be thinner but wider.
There are issues with this, the wire can be pulled around tighter bends, but that increases the chances of the wire breaking. A flat formation also increases the chance of crosstalk/interference from other cables.
I would always stick with the intended design for cat cables.
If you have found success with good durability and reliability for flat cables please share them. But for cat6 and above i will always go for round over flat.
I've seen youtubers show the benefits in tests.
Very helpful video! Thank you.
Wa wa wait. Am O right on what I've just heard. RJ45 connector can't support fully the theoretical speeds or max speeds of Cat 7 standard?
Very useful info man. Looking at setting up a small home network, glad I watched before I bought cable!
good video bro!
Thanks for the great video mate :)
Where can I buy a true cat6a cable?
oh god the joke on the begining haha
Another video I wish I would have seen before I wired my entire bottom floor with "Cat7" . Which I am starting to believe it's not even considered cat 7 based on the description I'm reading ugh fml
Well you at least have slightly better shielding.
Hey watching your channel fist time. I actually have received a cat6 and a cat 7 ethernet cable each to test, care to collab?
Rat proof Cat is a must!
This is called CAT 7 network cable.. does it work as an Ethernet cable also or Ethernet cable is different?
CAT are standard for network cabling, Ethernet is the same cable.
Same thing. Ethernet is just the type of network cable.
just for your attitude,.......... i liked it my friend .... good luck
You know it's funny because every cat is based on rj45 from cat5 or even older
I wish I saw this video before I bought cat 7 💀💀💀
Correct me if I'm wrong but I am pretty sure Cat 6 is only capable of 1 Gbps. Not 10 as mentioned at 1:00.
10G is support for up to 55metres on cat6 and 100 meters for cat6a
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
cat6/cat6a/cat7 is rated for 10gps, whilst cat5e is only rated for 1gps. Cat 5e was introduced when gigabit internet and Ethernet switches was first introduced. So its quite old that's why its only Rated for 1gps due to the age and that's all you had back in the early days of gigabit. Plus its old tech, cat5e is still widely used for gigabit connections and fiber internet, but cat6/6a/7 is better for fiber internet. If you want better and faster connections get a cable capable of 10gps. but speeds are dependent on your ISP and distance from your ISP to your location.
Cat6 can go up to 10 gbps but almost nobody has equipment that can provide over 1 Gbps, comcast & fiber are usually throttling their speed to each user to under 1 Gbps, which is great speed by the way.
GG45, RJ45 compatible cat7 plug:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG45
What about cat 8 ethernet cable
Thank you for the awesome explanation! You saved me from getting cat7.
@Mohammad Al-Shuwaiee Cat6 is better based on the explanation at 2:00 in the video.
However, I do NOT recommend a 5g router, because it has much higher EMFs and no advantages.
@Mohammad Al-Shuwaiee That will work.
Then you can turn off the wifi and reduce EMFs.
@Mohammad Al-Shuwaiee After connecting the cable, turn off the wifi on both the router and tv.
I got cat 7 flat lan cable n its great
Just FYI, flat cable doesn't meet the standard, the spec includes, the twists, core and wire gauge. It's impossible to have a flat in spec cable because it has to be twisted around a core and the flattest a cable could be, is the diameter of all the twisted pairs plus the core, which would make it larger than an in spec cable.
What you have, is an out of spec ethernet cable that only by chance meets your requirements.
Which is fine, but the whole point of the video is be careful. Because there are a lot of cable cowboys out there and when they label their product CAT7 it could be anything because they don't have to follow any standard.
Thanks
Wait what about cat8
Ok, so after watching this, then reading the comments idk what to do. I have Xbox series S and X, me and my son love to play games together "borderlands 😁" ..i habe fios " the big white cylinder tank" of a router, and i just realized i have cat5e ran, i noticed alway having network problems idk if its cables or bad game dev programming, or xbox it self ...but i was like "ima run Cat 6 yea" get some patch cord
First its not in walls, all this gameing in one room,cords just ran behind furniture lol ...
Ok so this what i searched, cost of cat6 patch cables, i don't even know, if Verizon ran cat6 from that power source box thingy to the the router, maybe replace that one too, but then i ran into cat 7, sounds great but this vid says special connectors needed with special equipment, so i should hust go with cat 6 .... idk Amazon gota lot of choices i dont want by fake shyt either... thanks 4 helping
Cat 7 has no speed or performance gains over Cat 6/a in a normal environment. No consumer equipment can make use of the extra grounding, it's for specialist applications. CAT7 is not an officially recognised standard, so the spec could be anything really.
Go for Cat 6 or Cat 6a (for longer distances) which is a recognised TIA standard. You are not losing out on anything, in fact probably better peace of mind using a recognised standard.
@@BuzStringer cool, the longest distance not even 50 feet, if i need to run Cat6 from router to verzion, "idk what it is, power source, NID, IM hoping its cat 6" i mean its fiber right lol u would think cat6 would be used
Bruh it's like 5 dollars difference🤦🏽♂️
For a few meters, if you a cabling a whole house with 100-200 meters that soon adds up.
$5 is $5 no point wasting it on zero benefits when you don't have to
@@BuzStringer true
@@BuzStringer Will a ethernet cable of cat6 or cat7 make my 19 mps internet go up to atleast 50? xD
You're a boss, thanks
HOWDY BUZ......... TIA CAT 8 and CAT 7 Standard approved back in 2016! This is first paragraph "ARTICLE LINK BELOW"..........Much more details I could provide but this in a nut shell........
" The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee has approved the ANSI/TIA-568-C.2-1 specifications for Category 8 cabling systems.
The document is now awaiting publication and is likely to be available soon. The Category 8 standard document was developed by the TR-42.7 Telecommunications Copper Cabling Systems Subcommittee. "
LINK: www.cablinginstall.com/articles/2016/06/tia-category-8-cabling-standard-approved.html
Being in the IBEW & Teamsters there is alot more in the pipelines i cant talk about other than >>>> Senate side of Congress is trying to push through the Rural Communications act......by asking asking Both Branches of Congress to Fund Fiber even in the most Rural areas of the US with a MIN Speed of 25MB (yes we know its slow but its a dam start) Anyone with Knowledge of Fiber as long as its In the ground the Speed upticks are easy to do when demand of Government realizes as the IBEW has been suggesting it should be 100 MB to all homes by 2025 to get America in line with other Countries!
People Need to Write to congress ASAP this is a HUGE time Right NOW.........we Just Finally got a Nationwide SPEED Increase from 2 of the Major ISP carriers to almost 3/4th of the country with 1 GB service being offered From Both Charter 940 dw/35mb up (yeah cable it sucks we know) Frontier & Verizon Fios &AT&T Fiber965 dn/880up and Comcast/Xfinity 1-2 gb up/dw $$ depended but now with all offering 1 GB up/dw more or less NOW is the time to PUSH CONGRESS for the R.C.A. if you REALLY care about Kids in the USA and education (yes we know they play games etc too BUT with Access to HIGH speed Comes Great Learning Potential !! Cow }:-o)
I have cat5e it's ssooo bad I'm switching right now😠😂😂
wrong! there IS cat 7 STP RJ45 sheilded end connectors! so this guy is wrong!
Cat 8 for the win.
how about CAT 8?..
I can see your green screen lol
i use dog 7
I approve this cat message.
can i show THUMB DOWN A DOZEN TIMES PLEASE?
Alwyn Wilfred you certainly can, but what made you turn all twelve of your thumbs down?
My dear, i like your attitude, amazing, but no IT Geek need someone give them class room training, they NEED ACTION... GOT IT? action please
Noted, Thank you.
@joshua2585 Fr what the fuck?
@@alwynwil I've a strong suspicion that nothing you've ever said has ever made sense. In other words:
What the fuck?
I noticed a lack of sources on your information or validity in opinion. There was no real information given to me. Before this I did a simple Google search, and with that alone I dare say I am more competent in knowledge about CAT 7 than you.
You claim he lacks validity in his information and opinions, but you don't back yourself up at all. I agree he doesn't reference sources but that's no unusual in videos like this. However, I'd like to know how you more knowledgeable? Research online doesn't make you an expert and unless you've tried the cables out yourself, you've probably read the same things that he has. You can't say that someone lacks validity in their opinions and then give examples why, otherwise you just come across as a contrarian.