Cat cable help needed

TonyMontana · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:58 am Post subject: Cat cable help needed

I need to run 75' of Cat6. I want face plates on each end, wall mounted. Does anyone have any sources of "how to's" for the connections? I'm also looking for a online place to order all the necessary parts. There seems to be tons of different parts and accessories available. Loadbars, modular plugs, keystone jacks ect. Where do I start?
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stupkid · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:31 am Post subject:

I picked up a huge spool of Cat 5e, a crimper, and some RJ-45 connectors from Fry's long ago. Home Depot carries the RJ-45 wall panels in several varieties.

As far as how-to's you can Google for them. Here are a few I found:

http://www.lanshack.com/make-cat5e.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable

Hope this helps.

g5g5 · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

I just bought a couple 50' Cat 6 500MHz cables from Monoprice when we moved into our new house. They also have the rest of the stuff you are looking for Tony. Not to mention, at a pretty good price.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/department.asp?c_id=105
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TonyMontana · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

g5g5 · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

bfuerst1 · Member Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 146

i bought 50ft of cat 6 for my xbox 360 on ebay for like 13.00 in september try that
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scooper · Veteran Member Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 993

I bought a few Rosewill Cat-6 cables when I got my AEBS. They are really nice for the money. In fact, the prices on Newegg were lower than MonoPrice in most cases. I also did better with shipping.

Here they are in black. They also have them in colors if that is important to you.

7ft = $2.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119168

14ft = $3.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119170

25ft = $4.59

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119171

50ft = $6.89

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119172

75ft = $10.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119173

100ft = $12.59

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119174

Sipper · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

generally the modules you use for the face plates will be colour coded - no need for a how to then just punch down the right colours.

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TonyMontana · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject:

Those prices are really cheap Scooper. I didn't even to think about Newegg.
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