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| 1449881 | 2018-05-25 22:44:00 | Jaycar prices Wai. @ sold by the metre prices. You obviously have a better supply source than I :) I like Jaycar, they have a lot of stuff you can't get anywhere else easily at least at a shop you can walk into. They are however IMHO one of the more expensive places to buy most of their range, and especially cables. I miss the days of Dick Smith & David Reid when they where both competing electronics stores, Jaycar is the closest we have these days. At PBtech there's about $50 difference between a 305M box of CAT5e and CAT6 ~ $150 & $200 ish, wholesale suppliers are a lot cheaper and if you are in the industry often offer substantial discounts depending on how much business you do with them. For a 1 off job it's often cheapest to buy a 20 or 30M patch cord and cut an end off, and there's very little price difference even at retail between a CAT5e and CAT6 patchcord. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1449882 | 2018-05-26 00:00:00 | For a 1 off job it's often cheapest to buy a 20 or 30M patch cord and cut an end off, and there's very little price difference even at retail between a CAT5e and CAT6 patchcord. That is a great idea Duggi I shall keep it in mind. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1449883 | 2018-05-26 01:45:00 | Well, this has been an interesting discussion and I have learnt a few things about cables and networking - thanks to all who weighed in with comments. I followed Nomad's suggestion and timed the transfer of a 2.4GB file from my NAS through the 15m run. I got 800Mb/sec which, allowing for overheads like getting the file off the HD, doesn't look too bad at all. This fits well with Dugimodo's comment which answered my specific question - over 15m it doesn't make any difference which cable you use. So now I can stop fretting over whether to replace my Cat5 cable as a matter of principle. Doing unnecessary work "on principle" goes against my principles, so my virtue is preserved. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 1449884 | 2018-05-26 06:49:00 | Cat 5 cable from a reputable manufacturer should normally pass the Cat 5e spec. That was the whole purpose of the transmission method of getting GigE over copper cable. There was so much Cat5 cable in the world (using only 2 out of 4 pairs) that GigE was designed to use all 4 pairs of a Cat5 cable but at higher frequencies than normal. Good quality Cat5 passed the new Cat5e spec; crappy Kamakusa cable failed. The Cat5 spec was then rescinded. |
decibel (11645) | ||
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