I need CAT6 cable recommendations

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May 23, 2006 | 01:58 PM

#21

clickwir

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Originally Posted by westcoaststyle

CAT6 cable contains four pairs of copper wire and unlike CAT5, utilizes all four pairs. CAT6 supports Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet and supports communications at more than twice the speed of CAT5e, the other popular standard for Gigabit Ethernet cabling.

Cat 5 and Cat 5e both have 4 pairs also. And yes you can use them all. It's the interface that you plug it into that chooses to use them all or not... not the cable. Cat5e is also rated for 1000Mbps+ speeds, but right now the only thing actually being used that is faster is optical.

May 23, 2006 | 02:12 PM

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qtiger

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Just roll up to Home Depot and grab some spools. Last I was there they had 1K ft and 10K ft spools.

Given its weight I highly doubt internet + shipping will be cheaper.

And I'm in total agreement on cat6.

May 23, 2006 | 02:19 PM

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westcoaststyle

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Ya, we just got 5 1k' spools of CAT5e at Home depot for $62 each + tax. Online was about $52/spool with free shipping so we didn't pay that much more going local and we have a place to return the spools if something is wrong or we don't use them all. Thanks again for the input guys.