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Cat6 Network Cable - Where to Buy?
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:10 pm
by WRXWagon2112
(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
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:12 pm
by Sabre
Why not just buy if online?
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:43 pm
by WRXWagon2112
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 ...
--Alan
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:58 pm
by spazegun2213
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 ...
--Alan
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
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:29 pm
by WRXWagon2112
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.
--Alan
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:03 pm
by Libra Monkee
Well the
Microcenter in Fairfax should have it.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:14 pm
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