Which Cable for HOG-Net? Cat6? Cat7?

Cat-5e is the minimum.

You should have no problems with Cat-6 or Cat-7....they are essentially the same conductors with a tighter twist/braid allowing for reliably higher data tranfer rates.

Hope this helps. :)

Hey Marty,

thanks for those informations.
So I think we will go for Cat7, then the sound-guys might use the same cables.
Rental-company with light & sound department ;-)

Are you looking for permanently installed in-wall cabling, or snakes and trunks?

CAT7 is very new, and finding a contractor that can install it properly and maintain CAT7 integrity is difficult.

Hey Eric

we have a supplier here in germany for snakes and cables with ethercon etc...
And because the sound-department would prefer CAT7 Snakes and cables(some digital console need CAT7) it would be nice to have just one type of cable that both departments can use.

What sound consoles require CAT7?

Have to ask the guys from sound... ;-)
They just asked me if we could deal with CAT7

I just remember that they had problems with Soundcraft Vi Consoles where CAT5e Cables didn´t work.