Talk to me about CAT 6 in wall cable

If you have the opportunity to run Cat6 cable, do it.  As good as WiFi is, wired connections are very reliable and you won’t have any issues with interference or signal dropouts. 20 years ago we wired every room with Cat5e and get fast 1gb throughput between and to every room.  

@kirkwallace  Well that is a bit of a surprise, as I was thinking along the same lines as your prior posts. Now, i think it is safest to just go CAT 6 and be done. 

I do know that fibre optic cable is planned for my neighborhood, and when i replaced all of my in street wiring, I made accommodations for fibre at the street to house connection. 

Since I am not remodeling to the studs, it would seem that fibre optic is out, plus I think CAT 6 is all that the Aurender style units require. I will probably put two lines in, one for Roon and the other for the server. 

Sounds very sensible, @daveyf . (But i still like having the fiber moat before the Aurender.) It’s probably over kill, but i also fiber moat my Roon core. 

Good morning,

I’m not going to weigh in on which cat of Ethernet to choose, personally, I have double runs of cat 6 cable run to all of the rooms in my house. The reason for this is that in the future, if you have work done in the room, mistakes happen and lines can get damaged and then you’ll have to re run and possibly open up your finished walls again. 
Running double runs of Ethernet cables in your 1 room is relatively inexpensive to do when the walls are open. 
 

Good luck with your room. 
 

Understand the bandwidth and speed capabilities of each cable type.

https://www.cablify.ca/speeds-of-cat5e-cat6-cat6a-cat7-and-cat8-cables-compared/

One more tidbit, if your going to use PoE++ or PoE+++ then cat6a might be better.
PoE means Power over Ethernet and is used to power downstream devices without having to plug the device into an electrical receptacle.  Power is sent over the ethernet cable to the device that is capable of using it.

Yes, cat6a is more expensive but is also more "future proof", at least in our lifetimes.  Also, consider the speed your internet service provider (ISP) provides to you residence.