Stranded or Solid?

[Sukh]

What difference does this make if I am laying new network cable down in the house.
Going for Cat5e utp cable and just wanted to know if it would make any speed difference getting solid core and if solid core is harder to lay ( if bend radius is bigger?)

Thanks

 

[swinnie]

I would always put solid cored ethernet cable throughout buildings, straight through into all terminations. I believe solid core is cheaper, but also more robust than stranded cable. However, never considered it I've not really looked into it.

Solid core cable isn't that hard to lay, using cable clips to keep it in place is good practice where necessary, or using trunking/ducting.

 

[Sukh]

I keep reading "straight through into terminations" are these the boxes on the wall? And then a shorter stranded cable to the use (NAS, PC, Media player etc)

Thanks for the help

 

[Caged]

Solid core cable is used for installations because it's cheaper and the vast majority of the length of cable in most installations will be between faceplaces/patch bays. Stranded cable is used for patches because it's more flexible and hence less likely to break as it gets moved around.