Found this at my local reject shop in WA. I think it works out to be $1 per metre .. normally $4
2m CAT6 Yellow Network Cable $2 @ The Reject Shop (normally $4)
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It's 2 metres long and costs $2 - but you only think that that works out to be $1 per metre??
It is from the reject shop so it's possible it's only 1.9m.
1.98m
OK, fair enough! Shades of the 94metre running track on John Clark's "The Games".
1.98m + the connectors on the end.
OK, fair enough! Shades of the 94metre running track on John Clark's "The Games".
If you look at the photo they even say "round" 2m! So it's around two metres long. Truth in advertising.
They should take the definition from everything else in computing. 2m should be 2 x 1024mm = 2.048m Lol.
But how long is a piece of CAT6? The eternal question
Which store was it in WA
The Reject Shop
Wonder if it's better/worse than that generic MSY stuff that's about the same price.
Wonder if it's better/worse than that generic MSY stuff that's about the same price.
Yes it is.
Lol
I see no reason to abandon the Cablelist brand for something from the Reject Shop.
Can't say I've ever had an ethernet cable from MSY fail… And I use a lot of them.
HDMI cables failing yes (albeit after quite a large number of years), but they're so cheap I just go get more.
Will this work the same as a blue one?
Aren't the yellow ones only for phones?
The red ones are the best
dont get cross!
Yep the red ones are faster.
Thanks, I'll check if they have the red ones after work.
Check if they have the Red Pro, it's a lot faster than the red.
I think the yellow ones are crossover cables. Remember when that mattered?
Red is the generally accepted colour for crossover cables. Yellow doesnt have any major significance.
Cat5e is just twisted pairs of copper wire without shielding, this means it can only pass data up to certain speeds.
Cat6 , Cat6A and Cat7 are all progressively more complex and involve better shielding , conductor size or overall build quality leading to higher speed possibilities.
For wiring a new house I would suggest at least Cat6. For a 2 or 3 meter cable you probably wont notice any deterioration or speed bottleneck on a home network.Red is the generally accepted colour for crossover cables.
This isn't correct. A crossover cable is wired for T568A on one end and T568B on the other and can be any colour.
Generally a site is wired for T568A or T568B only and straight through cables are used but sometimes there are sites that use both standards or have one standard at the patch panel and the other at the wall because of stupidity and crossover cables are required.
@Maverick-au: You're wrong.
Red is generally accepted (doesn't mean it always is or another colour isn't)T568A straight-through connected to a T568B straight-through won't cause any issues.
If the two standards have been mixed on the same cable run, one of the ends should be rewired.
You're wrong.
Red is generally accepted (doesn't mean it always is or another colour isn't)I'm not wrong, nowhere does it say red is the general choice for a crossover cable.
If the two standards have been mixed on the same cable run, one of the ends should be rewired.
Should doesn't mean they will, I've seen it plenty of times.
Standard price, you can always get a 3m cable from kmart for $3
What price is that per m?
No! No, no, not 3! He said 2. Nobody's comin' up with 3. Who using 3m?
I was hoping someone would get the reference.
Can someone please explain the difference between a CAT5 and CAT6 cable? I've always been under the impression that they were the same. Does the CAT6 cable provide any more benefit (edited)?
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D@mn straight, Jack. Make sure you don't get cross over and (un)twist the pair into a knot.
The difference is CAT1 i.e. CAT6 - CAT5 = CAT1 :)
Can someone please explain the difference between a CAT5 and CAT6 cable?
The color. Cat 5 cables are usually BLUE and Cat 6 are RED or YELLOW, hence, red and yellow cables are faster. can
Cat 5 cables can be converted to Cat 6 using the Helix-Bossun-Wham-Bam-Tink-Yu-Mam cable converter.
Or excessive whipping. There'll be enough blood on there eventually to make it a red cable.
Cat 6 meets a higher specification for cross talk and EM interference than Cat 5. I believe Cat 6 is better for distance though I could be wrong.
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Actually… its inflation!
in simpler terms:
cat5=100mb (up to 1000mb (gigabit ethernet) over short-ish distances)
cat6=1000mbAs the dude said above, this is due to improvements in the cable with separation and twist rate of the wires inside.
Also you can't bend a cat6 cable to the same extent as a cat5 cable.
Generally for domestic use and short distances (such as with a patch lead) you'll get gigabit. Of course, if the patch leads are completely rubbish, like, for example, not having twisted pairs inside, then you might connect to your swtich/router at 10mb instead of 100 even on "cat5".
Can someone please explain the difference between a CAT5 and CAT6 cable?
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2m CAT6
Being the Reject Shop, you should check it isn't actually 6m CAT2….
It's 2 metres long and costs $2 - but you only think that that works out to be $1 per metre??
(sp: not meter)