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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Yet our ethernet used to drop down and freeze the hub up a couple of times a week (100Mb Cat5, 80m run) mind you that was because my partner decided to move the welding bench to where the cable ran through the workshop.. Seems that the HF start on the TIG wasn't ethernet friendly 
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In fairness, most houses don't have a welding workbench.
While I think that 5E is good enough for now (even in long cable runs), if you are talking about a permanant installation go for the best available.