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networking wire

I am going to run a ethernet cable from my office to my music room which is about 75 feet or less away and wanted to know what cable to use cat 5 cat5a cat6 cat6a or something else also will need a switch at the end in the music room so I was looking for some suggestions 
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mraruba91
mraruba91 OP
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or faster response sending the data from room to room
gdnrbob
4,452 posts
 
Cat 6 if you want to have some future proofing.
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
Cat 6a or cat 7 are probably overkill for a home residence but....
Both have more shielding and capability of extremely fast data transfer.
Cat7 has a few requirements on gear over cat6a so there is that to consider.
You pays your monies you take your choices.
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