ethernet cable shielding?

[LewinskiH01]

Many network knowledgeable folks gather around here, so hoping you can point me in the right direction.

 

I'm setting up a home gigabit network using UTP cat 6 cable. The cat 6 run from router to switch is 17 meters long and 12 of those meters run along and 10cm away from either flourescent tubes or LED strips. The runs from switch to clients are shorter and away from tubes/LEDs so these are of no concern (I think). Unfortunately, around here I'm not finding STP or FTP cat 6 unless I buy 1000 feet, which I'm not going to do. So I'm wondering if I should add any shielding to those 12 meters? I could wrap the cat 6 in aluminum duct tape, or slide the cat 6 inside copper tubing, or do nothing and live happily ever after.

 

What do you think I should do?

 

Thank you!

[LewinskiH01]

Thanks guys. Some peculiarities of what I'm asking: I'm not using shielded connectors nor cable. Just plain plastic RJ45 and UTP CAT6 cable. The question is if I should build a shield around the cable for the 40 feet that run along the fluorescent tubes and LED strips (and 4" apart). What do you think?

[LewinskiH01]

I don't seem to able to explain myself: I cannot get anything that's not UTP around here. I'm not concerned with CAT 6 emissions into analogue gear. I'm concerned with fluorescent tubes and LED strips running along the cable and close to it injecting noise into the cable or otherwise harming the signal or gigabit capability. Hence the alternatives to add external shielding to the cable such as copper tubing or aluminum foil tape wrapped around the cable. If nonsense because noise/RFI/EMI doesn't get into the CAT6 UTP, then that's ok. It's different from what I read online, but maybe I misunderstood.

[LewinskiH01]

thank you. Got to love it when things are easier than expected. Doesn't happen often in audio!