We recently were able to finally get Fios in our home. I’m looking to run CAT8 Ethernet cable from my living room (where router is located), under floor/walls/etc to a CAT female to female wall plate. I need a direct line in my office which is roughly 150-200ft of CAT8. I absolutely need to have the maximum speed I possibly can. I’m very computer literate and Im very capable of wiring any kind of cable, my concern is I want to know what to buy. I’m not looking for the 13 paragraph explanation of 40 different types of cables built Narnia forged in Japan by Fuji heavy industries because it’s indoor/outdoor, I don’t care. I’m simply looking for links for someone to say use “this” click here and order “this” I’m looking for a quality CAT 8 cable and female wall plates.
This seems confused. Category 8 is defined in ANSI/TIA-568-D and ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, as are Categories 5e, 6 and 6a. There is no such thing as 7 or 8.1 in that standard.
Category 8.1 and 8.2 cables and connectors are specified in another standard, ISO/IEC 11801. This one also includes Category 1, 2, 3, 5e, 6, 6a and, yes, 7 and 7a cables and connectors.
If you hence believe Category 8.1 exists but Category 7 doesn’t you are being inconsistent. Only those that think Category 8 exists and 8.1 is a fantasy can be consistent in the belief that there is no such thing as 7.