[lug] cat 5 cable

Hugh Brown hugh at vecna.com
Tue Dec 4 13:37:40 MST 2001


> I can suggest you need the "Fast" cat 5, else you lose 100 Mbps real
> quick over distances. It's a bit more expensive than plain cat 5. Even
> CompUSA sells this, last time I looked the regular cat 5 was on the
> left, and fast cat 5 on the right, higher price for same basic length. I
> don't know if their prices are reasonable or not, but they do have some
> fairly long lengths available if you're in a hurry. I do not know about
> best or worst for particular connectors, maybe try J.B. Saunders over on
> Foothills highway off of Valmont (it is possible they can tell you what
> makes the good hand-made cables).

I'd love to, but that trip would cost more than the cables. :)  I think
I want stranded instead of solid after looking at a few websites.  I
will look at the Fast cable.  Thanks for the input.

Hugh




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