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technical => computers, technology and the internet => Topic started by: bobkatebob on December 12, 2008, 10:56:32 am

Title: cat 6 ethernet cable length
Post by: bobkatebob on December 12, 2008, 10:56:32 am: I hope someone can help me.
I am looking at getting about 40m worth of cat 6 shielded ethernet cable.

I see that most places only do them up to 30m, is this due to signal degridation?
Title: Re: cat 6 ethernet cable length
Post by: butters on December 12, 2008, 11:08:25 am: Quote from: bobkatebob on December 12, 2008, 10:56:32 am
I hope someone can help me.
I am looking at getting about 40m worth of cat 6 shielded ethernet cable.

I see that most places only do them up to 30m, is this due to signal degridation?

Recommended max. length is 100m so it won't be down to signal degradation - probably down to the fact that a 30m data cable is enormous as these things go.

bluebrad
Title: Re: cat 6 ethernet cable length
Post by: bobkatebob on December 12, 2008, 11:13:21 am: Ah, ok.

Thanks for that. It's just I need it to go from one end of the house to the other (not via a straight line either) and I cant wifi it do to rather thick walls in the centre of the house.

Do you (or anyone else reading this) have recomendations of where I could try to get a cable of the spec I am looking for? I don't want to buy a reel of it and put the ends on myself as I don't trust myself to get it right (havn't done electronics for about 20 years :o )
Title: Re: cat 6 ethernet cable length
Post by: slackline on December 12, 2008, 11:20:00 am: Quote from: bobkatebob on December 12, 2008, 11:13:21 am
Ah, ok.

Thanks for that. It's just I need it to go from one end of the house to the other (not via a straight line either) and I cant wifi it do to rather thick walls in the centre of the house.

Do you (or anyone else reading this) have recomendations of where I could try to get a cable of the spec I am looking for? I don't want to buy a reel of it and put the ends on myself as I don't trust myself to get it right (havn't done electronics for about 20 years :o )

Some thoughts on different online stores here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,9902.0.html).

A few to search through (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cat-6+50m+cable&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a)
Title: Re: cat 6 ethernet cable length
Post by: bobkatebob on December 12, 2008, 11:21:58 am: I'm usually good with google :-[

Thanks for the info :)
Title: Re: cat 6 ethernet cable length
Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on December 12, 2008, 03:32:46 pm: 40m will be fine, currently working on networks in 3 new schools, only lengths over 90m have needed to be broken up by a switch. Putting Cat6 cable ends on is easy if a little fiddlely. You do need a special tool. Where are you based? If you are in Shef, old school shops like Bardwells on abbeydale road will make up cable to a required length. http://www.bardwells.co.uk/default.asp (http://www.bardwells.co.uk/default.asp)