I am looking to do some major upgrading to my home wiring. I am looking at running cat6a or cat7 ethernet throughout the whole house. I am wondering is there a technical difference (as in using cat 6 connector with cat 6a or cat7 cable would degrade performance) in cat6, cat6a, or cat7 connectors? All input is appreciated.
Difference Between Cat6 And Cat6a
im gonna shoot from the hip here with what i know and what reading up on when you hack open a cat 5 or cat 5e cable you get what can be described as an economy grade cat 6 cable. A cat 6 cable purhaps has different measurable electronic numbers and is perhaps built with foil sheilding or a thick plastic jacket over the wire.and when you hack open a cat 6 cable it would resemble an economy grade cat7 cable.but if you focus on the exact point where the wire meets the connector its just copper conductivity. the differences if any are even harder to identify maybe the tiny pieces of copper that are in the plastic connector ARE measurably different.maybe they are in a slightly different order? keystone connectors eliminate this issue becuase the metal contacts are colour coded. well im rambling so to answer your question .i would STRONGLY seek out exactly matching cables and connectors.if it were me.in order to erase every single variable that might hinder an awesome home network.if im choosing high end cable (when it comes to cat 5,6,7 etc) im gonna go ahead and purchase matching connectors .even if someone says each connector is double the price.oh well.lucky for me the connectors are cheap :P:P i glanced at Monoprice and keystone connectors are about 1.50 each.im a huge fan of over-engineering. and im a huge fan of computers and networking and gaming.so i put all of them things in a blenderso far my wallet does not mind
