Cat6 Network Cable - Where to Buy?

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Cat6 Network Cable - Where to Buy?

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(I thought of putting this in either Nerd Stuff or Off Topic but this seems more of a local thing ...)

I need to buy Cat6 network cable - at least 100 feet. Either bulk or with connectors (I'd just snip them off and make my own connection). However, since moving to MD I no longer have easy access to MicroCenter in Fairfax (my God I love that place!).

Does anyone know where to get Cat6 cable in lengths of at least 100 feet?

--Alan
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Why not just buy if online?
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I was hoping to get it quickly. I'm trying to get a network connection in the loft of my townhouse while the router is down in the basement. I've been without a convenient Internet access for a couple weeks and I'm getting anxious ...

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WRXWagon2112 wrote:I was hoping to get it quickly. I'm trying to get a network connection in the loft of my townhouse while the router is down in the basement. I've been without a convenient Internet access for a couple weeks and I'm getting anxious ...

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you running gigabit, and if you are you need to remember EVERYTHING on the network needs to be gigabit, from the router back? if not cat 5 should be fine
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I'm hoping to "future-proof" this installation so that as I upgrade the other hardware the cables won't have to be re-strung.

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Well the Microcenter in Fairfax should have it.
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Post by Cereb Daithi »

personally i'd just make it... much cheaper in the long run.. a friend and i just bought a giant spool and we make them as we need em
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