January 21, 200917 yr My home network is continually growing (probably should not have bought a house wired with cat5e as I seem to be on a mission to fill up a switch in every room!) Cables (of any kind) seem to be a bit difficult to find at an affordable price, especially since most places nail you fairly good on shipping. I'm curious to know how many unRaid guru's make their own - doesn't seem like it would be too hard/risky and the upfront investment seems minimal. If you don't make them, do you have a prime place that you buy them from?
January 21, 200917 yr Monoprice! Huzzah! http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10208
January 21, 200917 yr Dont make your own shop around. you can get Cat6 cables pre-made better than you could ever do yourself. Maybe im jaded by too many months in front of krone frames but its just not worth it except when you want perfectly lengthed cables.
January 21, 200917 yr My home network is continually growing (probably should not have bought a house wired with cat5e as I seem to be on a mission to fill up a switch in every room!) Cables (of any kind) seem to be a bit difficult to find at an affordable price, especially since most places nail you fairly good on shipping. I'm curious to know how many unRaid guru's make their own - doesn't seem like it would be too hard/risky and the upfront investment seems minimal. If you don't make them, do you have a prime place that you buy them from? If I see a good deal at a computerfest or flea market I'll buy them. (50 foot cables for $4... sure) For everything else, I make them to the length needed. It is not terribly difficult but is is not real easy either. You need the tools to make the cables AND test the cables you make. To make a cable good for 1000MBit connections you need to properly attach the connectors keeping the wires twisted all the way into the connector. Expect to have to cut off a connector every once in a while as you get the wires crossed. Oh yes, there are two different "standards" for connectors. The crimping tool I purchased has the "standard" for telephone wiring on the case lid. That is the "wrong" standard for LAN use. If you wire your cables using the "telephone" standard it will pass the continuity tests, but be nearly useless on a LAN. Even for LAN use, there are two slightly different variations of the "standard." The wiring is the same, they just use different colors. (either will do as long as you use the same on both ends of the same cable) Joe L.
January 21, 200917 yr Premade is the way to go for nice clean GbE. Esp. if you use FTP, there is no other practical way. With 100 you could easily get away with it as long as you followed the basic rules (and you made nicely clipped cables, not wire-hanging monsters we see some times).
January 21, 200917 yr Author Thanks for all the responses. I had used monoprice before for some video/hdmi, not sure why hadn't thought to look there for networking.
January 22, 200917 yr Even for LAN use, there are two slightly different variations of the "standard." The wiring is the same, they just use different colors. (either will do as long as you use the same on both ends of the same cable) Joe L. And, if you need a crossover cable for a non Auto-MDIX, like two older 10/100 cards, just make the two ends with one of each variation.
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