Long ethernet cable purchase.

[TheShinyMac]

I need a 50-60 foot ethernet cable. First off do these exist? I need it to meet a few of my requirements.

1. Able to be "snaked" thru walls and a few bends.
2.Near zero cable/signal/speed/what ever else goes thru the cable degradation to occur.
3. Affordable? Less than 50$ if possible.
Attached is the quality of my line.

 

[ECUpirate44]

Yup, they exist. ive seen up to 100 feet in the store. Id try office depot. Thats where I got mine.

 

[gatepc]

Save yourself money and buy from monoprice I buy all my cables there dirt cheap and great quality.

75ft Cat6 ( faster ) ethernet cable

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10232&cs_id=1023214&p_id=5026&seq=1&format=2

 

[iMav]

Buy a 500' or 1000' spool and a good crimping tool and never worry about buying premade cables again.

 

[daver11]

Buy a 500' or 1000' spool and a good crimping tool and never worry about buying premade cables again.

That's what I did. Needed to run a cable from my home office to the family room. It's really easy, too.

 

[jbrenn]

If you are snaking it through walls it is best to buy a crimp tool about $20 on ebay. The wires break easily.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Save yourself money and buy from monoprice I buy all my cables there dirt cheap and great quality.

75ft Cat6 ( faster ) ethernet cable

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10232&cs_id=1023214&p_id=5026&seq=1&format=2

This! Cat 6 doesn't like to be bent though.

 

[gatepc]

This! Cat 6 doesn't like to be bent though.

I have 100ft one running from a room on my second floor through a laundry shoot and at a 90 degree angle it gets bent to go into the floor and it works fine. Monoprice also sells cables that are rated for in wall installation as well though.

 

[TheShinyMac]

This! Cat 6 doesn't like to be bent though.

I don't really get the whole 'doesnt get bent well part, btw first post from my new iPad!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[velocityg4]

Along with getting the spindle of CAT 6 cabling. I would recommend some CAT 6 Keystone jacks and some Keystone Wall Plates for a clean finish and wall ports you simply plug into.

You may consider multi-jack plates for the room with your router so you can add more jack in the future for other rooms. They also have other jacks for RCA, RG 6 (TV Cable), RJ 11 (phone), BNC, speakers, &c.

 

[BertyBoy]

Buy a 500' or 1000' spool and a good crimping tool and never worry about buying premade cables again.

Ditto. It does come in shorter lengths, I've purchased 100m and 300m drums. It starts to get insanely cheap at these lengths.

Comes in two varieties. "Solid" and "Stranded". Solid uses solid copper wire, Stranded uses stranded copper wires. Solid is usually used for installations, like in your situation. Stranded is usually used for connecting between the wal socket / fixed router and computer.

Solid doesn't like sharp bends, but is otherwise more resilient. Make the effort to avoid sharp bends, lay it under the floor and give it plenty of slack. Test it before you put everything back down again.

 

[CylonGlitch]

You don't need CAT6, CAT5e is what you really want. CAT6 was designed to operate at gigE but then again so was CAT5e; just CAT6 is certified to do gigE.

http://www.networkcablingdirectory.com/articles/structured-network-cabling-id_1151.htm

I would also make sure you get a REAL STP (shielded twisted pair) CAT5e cable, not the UTP (unshielded twisted pair) to help avoid interference.