Posted on 12/20/2011 8:31:02 AM PST by John1111
I had a local service provider mount two Ubiquiti 900MHz wireless dishes between our two buildings yesterday and I found out that they used Ubiquiti Level 2 Cat5e Tough Cable and not Cat6 cable as I initially discussed with them. It wasn't written down in the workorder specifically to utilize Cat6, but I remember asking them during the site survey if they would be using Cat6, in which the tech responded "yes". From a performance perspective, as well as future growth and planning, is it worth arguing with them to get them back out here to correct this and install Cat6 instead of the Cat5e that they ran? Although there are comparisons out there through internet searches comparing internal Cat5e to Cat6, I am unable to find anything to help me with my argument in outdoor wireless and the benefits (if any) with using Cat6. Can anyone shed some light here? Thank you!
I’m told that putting a horse’s head in their bed helps.
What is the general difference between category 5e and category 6?
The general difference between category 5e and category 6 is in the transmission performance, and extension of the available bandwidth from 100 MHz for category 5e to 200 MHz for category 6. This includes better insertion loss, near end crosstalk (NEXT), return loss, and equal level far end crosstalk (ELFEXT). These improvements provide a higher signal-to-noise ratio, allowing higher reliability for current applications and higher data rates for future applications.
http://www.broadbandutopia.com/caandcaco.html
Your Google-fu needs work, Grasshopper. A search for “Cat 6 vs cat 5e” came up with this (and others):
http://www.broadbandutopia.com/caandcaco.html
From what I read, you should insist they return to install the promised Cat 6.
Unless your talking 10 gig ethernet I don’t see any benefit.
The biggest difference between Cat5e and Cat6 is marketing.
What were the agreed upon specifications of your contract? If it was so important, it should have been inserted in the plans and specs for the bid.
If they met those terms, they are not likely to be in breach of contract.
Merely discussing what was to be installed with the installer does not a contract make, especially when it is after the agreement has been reached and he is out there installing things already.
It would be different if they represented something falsely before entering into the agreement, as that may have been something that you relied on when you reached a price.
If these assumptions are correct, and you need the better version, you may have to pay for the change order to the contract.
IMHO.
The throughput from a wireless dish is never going to come close to saturating 5e so it shouldn’t be an issue. It’s probably 1% of the capacity max?
that’s clever!
Agreed. They would have to replace the existing wireless setup with a massive upgrade to come close to using up the bandwidth of 5e. When they do that, they can put in cat 6. Cat 5e is massive overkill on wireless itself. 6 is double massive overkill.
Quality cat5e cable is perfect for that application.
Cat5e should support gigabit Ethernet and you are after al connecting a radio which will not come anywhere near that speed of throughput.
Thanks for posting a pic of my 56K dial-up ISP.
I'm making do with Cat1.lol. Thanks for a much needed laugh this morning.
Cat5E cable is cheaper than Cat 6. If you had a contract for cat6 and particularly if you got charged for cat6, then you are getting ripped off. As far as actual internet throughput, you will not see any difference whatsoever unless you have a very long cable run.
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