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Anikan

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« on: October 23, 2005, 06:28:00 PM »
Does anyone know where to get Cat 5e cabling cheap?  Thanks.
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CamdogXIII

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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2005, 07:16:00 PM »
i wouldn't go to radio shack, most expensive ever, but i'm not sure where would be the cheapest
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Alex548

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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2005, 07:50:00 PM »
Ebay... cat5cableguy

He has any size cable you need and they're dirt cheap.

**Alex**
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2005, 01:49:00 PM »
I could probably make ya one for cheap what size did you need?
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Anikan

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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2005, 02:46:00 PM »
Well I was looking for like 500 ft of cabling in bulk.  But depending on how much u could make some for me, I woiuld condsider it.  I was going to make some twenty five footers and i still have to measure for my house.  But if u could tell me about how much it would be.  Thanks
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2005, 01:25:00 PM »
construction supply store. you can get them in huge spools. We got one for the remodeling of our new house. Or find an electrician or phone guy you know and they should have a source for you. Just make sure you pick up some connectors to top off the ends.
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2005, 05:32:00 PM »
I would get Cat6 if your planning to go long. Cat6 is better. If you are in australia just go to IT Warehouse. A buck a metre. Its pretty good. At the markets you can get about 40 metres for 15 bucks so thats cool
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2005, 03:18:00 PM »
QUOTE(Helios @ Nov 16 2005, 01:03 AM)
I would get Cat6 if your planning to go long. Cat6 is better. If you are in australia just go to IT Warehouse. A buck a metre. Its pretty good. At the markets you can get about 40 metres for 15 bucks so thats cool
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Yeah, with cat5, I believe you can only go like 300 feet or so before you would need some sort of repeater...
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2005, 03:32:00 PM »
I got mine at radioshack. What a rip off...
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« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2005, 04:59:00 AM »
QUOTE(spartan024 @ Nov 20 2005, 09:49 PM) *

Yeah, with cat5, I believe you can only go like 300 feet or so before you would need some sort of repeater...


How big's your house? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) 100 metres is a lot of cable! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

The distance is the same with Cat-5 and Cat-6. The difference is Cat-6 is tested to 250MHz whereas Cat-5 and 5e are only tested to 100MHz.

I'd only recommend Cat-6 cabling for Gigabit Ethernet applications, Cat-5e is the best all round choice at the moment.
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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2005, 11:28:00 AM »
QUOTE(spartan024 @ Nov 20 2005, 03:49 PM) *

Yeah, with cat5, I believe you can only go like 300 feet or so before you would need some sort of repeater...



IEEE 802.1 standard is 333.33 feet, or 101 meters without a repeater.  You are allowed 3 repeaters.


-Gran

This post has been edited by Granulated: Dec 2 2005, 07:29 PM
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