I need to know of some good stores online to buy bulk cable in the US. I want to run cat5 from our router to a hub in my room where I can get a wired hookup for everything else in there. I've looked around a bit but I'm not sure of the reliability of some of the sites or what the average price per foot is. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Same here, wireless isn't cutting it anymore for me. There's no signal drops but i'm slow as hell on videos...
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;19855116]I need to know of some good stores online to buy bulk cable in the US. I want to run cat5 from our router to a hub in my room where I can get a wired hookup for everything else in there. I've looked around a bit but I'm not sure of the reliability of some of the sites or what the average price per foot is. Any suggestions would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]
I would recommend using Cat6 as it can easily handle Gigabit for your local transfers, and has better standards to prevent interference.
I use monoprice.com they have very good prices on cables and hookup gear.
Newegg also has bulk Cat6 cable.
[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;19855288]I would recommend using Cat6 as it can easily handle Gigabit for your local transfers, and has better standards to prevent interference.
I use monoprice.com they have very good prices on cables and hookup gear.[/QUOTE]
I would like to know more about monoprice.com, I mean they have some pretty incredible deals. Stuff like 25ft of CAT6 for $9.42 (thats including S&H), am I missing something here? I mean I don't know about anyone else but I'm finding this too good to be true but I've heard good things about the site from other people also. Am I just used to paying huge markup for stuff like this?
[QUOTE=M2k3;19855591]I would like to know more about monoprice.com, I mean they have some pretty incredible deals. Stuff like 25ft of CAT6 for $9.42 (thats including S&H), am I missing something here? I mean I don't know about anyone else but I'm finding this too good to be true but I've heard good things about the site from other people also. Am I just used to paying huge markup for stuff like this?[/QUOTE]
Yes, I get my AV cables from them. The in store markup on cables is like 500%, like at Bestbuy. Microcenter is the closest I've seen with a 100% markup.
This is the actual price of the cables wholesale its great, I have to wait till I have a large enough order that my shipping is less then my purchase. Get any hdmi, or AV cables you need while your at it. Its amazing how a 25ft hdmi cable online cost less then a 5ft cable at most stores.
[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;19855668]Yes, I get my AV cables from them. The in store markup on cables is like 500%, like at Bestbuy. Microcenter is the closest I've seen with a 100% markup.
This is the actual price of the cables wholesale its great, I have to wait till I have a large enough order that my shipping is less then my purchase. Get any hdmi, or AV cables you need while your at it. Its amazing how a 25ft hdmi cable online cost less then a 5ft cable at most stores.[/QUOTE]
What about the shipping time? Is it fairly reasonable? I do know the markup on cables/accessories is kinda ridiculous at places like Bestbuy, I worked there a while ago and picked up a few $120 Monster HDMI cables for around $12 each. I'm just always a little cautious when online deals sound too good and the products just end up being cheap crap (like the stuff from dealextreme.com).
My dad bought 1000 feet of cat6 off ebay for like $100.
Good shit, too.
Ebay has nice lots of bulk cable for low prices.
EDIT: 150 feet of cat 6 for under 30 bucks
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/150ft-Cat6-Cat-6-White-Network-Patch-Cable-RJ45_W0QQitemZ170426315762QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ae3333f2[/url]
[QUOTE=stone555;19855797]My dad bought 1000 feet of cat6 off ebay for like $100.
Good shit, too.[/QUOTE]
Enjoy your packet loss
[QUOTE=stone555;19855797]My dad bought 1000 feet of cat6 off ebay for like $100.
Good shit, too.[/QUOTE]
1000ft of Cat6 cost like $95 plus shipping so around $110 for brand new cable. Directly dealing is the best way to do it.
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19855819]Enjoy your packet loss[/QUOTE]Except I have none. I'm running off it right now, and I've never experienced packet loss.
are you making patch cables?
1000 feet seems a little excessive. My house is only 1100 sq. feet, so I don't think I'll need that much.
Find a friend that works at a hardware store. Markup on cat5/6 is fucking crazy. My cost is 8 cents per foot because I work there.
[QUOTE=Xenos;19856472]Find a friend that works at a hardware store. Markup on cat5/6 is fucking crazy. My cost is 8 cents per foot because I work there.[/QUOTE]
So buy a shitload of it at your 8 cents per foot, sell it on ebay, and [B]$$$ GET RICH! $$$[/B] :cool:
I don't think that a job like that would allow you to resell shit you get for almost nothing. That's like when I worked at MC-shit getting double cheese for like $.45 and selling it off to my buddy for $1.50.
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I did that with one burger though.
[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;19855288]I would recommend using Cat6 as it can easily handle Gigabit for your local transfers, and has better standards to prevent interference.[/QUOTE]
Cat5-e can support Gigabit. (I'm using now on a Gigabit link while posting this message. :P)
Just thought I'd throw that out there in case price is of concern.
There's no reason to go out and get Cat-6 for a simple gigabit network. 5e will handle it just fine over short distances, 6 is targeting 10Gbe links.
God damn ninjad 6 mins ago. Poor performance...
[QUOTE=birkett;19856925]There's no reason to go out and get Cat-6 for a simple gigabit network. 5e will handle it just fine over short distances, 6 is targeting 10Gbe links.
God damn ninjad 6 mins ago. Poor performance...[/QUOTE]
Must be that 5e wiring you're using there C:.
My brother's mate get's it for us from a wholesaler. He's an electrician.
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19855819]Enjoy your packet loss[/QUOTE]
enjoy the 90's
I'm using Cat5e for all the cables here, and its fast
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19855819]Enjoy your packet loss[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=thf;19858204]I'm using Cat5e for all the cables here, and its fast[/QUOTE]
The cable doesn't change the speed, it will just allow you to support higher bandwidth links.
Cat6 isn't noticeably "faster" than Cat5e, but it supports 10G Base-T
[QUOTE=M2k3;19855769]What about the shipping time? Is it fairly reasonable? I do know the markup on cables/accessories is kinda ridiculous at places like Bestbuy, I worked there a while ago and picked up a few $120 Monster HDMI cables for around $12 each. I'm just always a little cautious when online deals sound too good and the products just end up being cheap crap (like the stuff from dealextreme.com).[/QUOTE]
I think the shipping is just standard USPS. Shouldn't take that long inside the US.
Dealextreme's cheap crap is far from crap my friend :)
monoprice.com
buy cable here.
Wireless sucks. It always drops and is only MODERATLEY good for viewing webpages with HTML.
If you're a gamer then you need a wired connection.
[QUOTE=EvilMelon;19859970]Wireless sucks. It always drops and is only MODERATLEY good for viewing webpages with HTML.
If you're a gamer then you need a wired connection.[/QUOTE]
That's not quite accurate. While wireless is certainly subpar compared to a problem-free wired connection, it's definitely possible to game using wireless assuming you have a solid link with little interference (so only you on it). That said, we can deduce that viewing webpages is also just fine. Remember that your average wireless link is a theorical 54 mbps - Just half the speed of a standard 100 mbit link, and most likely twice or four times as fast as your home's down/uplink. It's plenty fast as long as you get a good signal.
Now on the other hand, I tried playing CSS on our IT department's private wireless network, and that didn't work out very well. There's giant walls all over the place, the antennas aren't at the right angles and it made it impossible to play.
It's all about noise. Wireless as a medium, while not optimal, is certainly capable of handling games.
[QUOTE=gparent;19860116]That's not quite accurate. While wireless is certainly subpar compared to a problem-free wired connection, it's definitely possible to game using wireless assuming you have a solid link with little interference (so only you on it). That said, we can deduce that viewing webpages is also just fine. Remember that your average wireless link is a theorical 54 mbps - Just half the speed of a standard 100 mbit link, and most likely twice or four times as fast as your home's down/uplink. It's plenty fast as long as you get a good signal.
Now on the other hand, I tried playing CSS on our IT department's private wireless network, and that didn't work out very well. There's giant walls all over the place, the antennas aren't at the right angles and it made it impossible to play.
It's all about noise. Wireless as a medium, while not optimal, is certainly capable of handling games.[/QUOTE]
Have you seen the video of TF2 on a bad wireless connection, people who are the wrong team color, jitters, etc.
[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;19860193]Have you seen the video of TF2 on a [b]bad[/b] wireless connection, people who are the wrong team color, jitters, etc.[/QUOTE]
Yes, my point exactly.
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