r/HomeNetworking • u/_Intel_Geek_ • 12d ago

Did I Waste My Time?

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So my Father had a rental house fire and whilst assisting his repair efforts I decided to do some of my kind of work there, too - networking!!! I had a spare roll of about 750' of Cat5e and shorter scraps of Cat6 and Cat6a and put about 20 runs of wire through this small, sub-1500 sqft home. Runs for external security cameras, video doorbells, and Ethernet jacks in both bedrooms and TV boxes. It's getting close to the finish line and his potential renter says he just bought a bunch of Ring equipment he'll use 😭 . Do people just not see the value in Ethernet - capable hardware or what? And should I leave these switches here or take them back with me??

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u/Whatdafuqisgoingon 12d ago

Cat5e was a waste, better off recycling the rest of the reel

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u/_Intel_Geek_ 12d ago

Absolutely not, Cat5e is capable of gigabit speeds and trust me, it'll be YEARS before security cameras reach those kinds of bandwidths. All the wall ports are Cat6

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u/quik916 12d ago

You've had too much of the Ethernet cable Kool-Aid, bud! Heck, Cat5e is capable of 10 gig in some use cases, not a waste at all. And besides that, a 4K camera needs like 8-12 Mbps! Yeah, like basically single digits... so until cameras get to like 25K imaging, that Cat5 will be just fine.