So setting up my LAN to be somewhat 10gb now using a Mokerlink switch.
While looking for CAT7 cables I noticed that there were a slew of CAT8 cable available so I purchased some in various lengths.
These seem to be working very nicely.
Can somebody confirm these are real as I’ve not been paying much attention to the network cabling space for some time.
I love it, buy a cheapest Chinese switch but go for data center grade cat8 cables.
Exemplary insanity.
Cat8 is an existing standard (so they could be real, only a real cable tester could confirm the required bandwidth), but you could’ve saved the money and bought shielded Cat6(a) cables. Unless you need to go 50m+ or are in an RF heavy environment, even using Cat7 has no benefit. Unless you put those cables into a wall and can’t easily swap them, using Cat8 is absolute overkill.
Heck, even shielded Cat5e works with 10GbE! But only shorter runs with a high quality cable.
Thanks for the replies, and yes the cabling was not expensive, well not to me that is.
He probably isnt getting datacenter grade cables though. Sounds like he bought a bunch of cheapo ones off Amazon or something and these are likely not even fully cat8 compliant as many such cheap cables have that problem. Ive seen plenty of "cat8’ and “cat7” cables that perform worse than a reputable brand cat6.
Good quality CAT6 and CAT6a cables are actually not that cheap so if you bought it on Amazon or something it’s most likely not CAT8 and/or not pure copper.
10GbE is within spec for CAT6 for short runs and CAT6a for runs up to 100 meters. I would recommend getting your cables from reputable distributors of networking equipment, even if they at times command a premium.