Installing ethernet in my house? :)

[CharMz]

I plan to get rid of my wireless networking and wire 2 rooms with ethernet jacks..

So my questions are:

Is Cat 6 the way to go over cat5e?
And are there different types of Cat6 cable??

I live in the US...so please recommend good ethernet cables, and jacks:

I will need...
1x - 75ft Cat6 ethernet cable
1x - 25ft Cat6 ethernet cable
1x - socket faceplate with two ethernet holes (Placed in room with cable modem/router)
2x - socket faceplate with one ethernet hole
4x - Cat6 ethernet jacks

Thanks

 

[Pinky]

Cat5e will transmit gigabit but isn't very durable and won't do well for long runs (in your case 75 feet of cat5e would suffice). But the last I checked the pricing on cat6 was reasonable... ? There's several grades to cabling (plenum, etc). Cheap is fine for basic home installations. Advantages with better cabling are for durability and efficiency over great distances. Neither will be a factor here.

monoprice.com is a good online retailer for cabling and such. Locally a graybar warehouse would have the remaining things you need, for a premium (but you could at least see what you're buying). You might want to terminate the end of the cables yourself, so grab some RJ45 caps and a crimper tool. There's instructions online for creating your own cable. It makes running the cable easier without the end on it, especially if you're drilling holes and fishing things through a wall.

 

[CharMz]

monoprice.com is awesome pinky..

but does anyone know where i can get Cat6a STP and Cat6a jacks the cheapest??

monoprice is out of the cable, and does not have jacks