Best RJ45 cable to connect PC to router?

I need to buy a 5m RJ45 cable to hook up my PC to my Bebox router but
I'm not sure whether I should get a Cat5e or Cat6 cable and whether it
needs to be shielded.

Doughboy

> I need to buy a 5m RJ45 cable to hook up my PC to my Bebox router but
> I'm not sure whether I should get a Cat5e or Cat6 cable and whether it
> needs to be shielded.

Just pick up the cheapest you can find, preferably not somewhere like
Comet / Currys !

I very much doubt the length you're talking about will have any effect
whatsoever.

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:31:18 +0100, "www.GymRatZ.co.uk"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Doughboy wrote:
>> I need to buy a 5m RJ45 cable to hook up my PC to my Bebox router but
>> I'm not sure whether I should get a Cat5e or Cat6 cable and whether it
>> needs to be shielded.
>
>Cat5e non-shielded
>Just a regular plain old Cat5e patch lead.

Thanks guys. Play.com have got all the different types for under £5
but there's more choice of colours for Cat5e, so I can get one which I
can easily distinguish from all my other cables

Doughboy

"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed) o.uk> wrote
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>> I need to buy a 5m RJ45 cable to hook up my PC to my Bebox router but
>> I'm not sure whether I should get a Cat5e or Cat6 cable and whether it
>> needs to be shielded.
>
> Just pick up the cheapest you can find, preferably not somewhere like
> Comet / Currys !
>
> I very much doubt the length you're talking about will have any effect
> whatsoever.
>
>
My local 99p shop had 5m Cat5, but now they only have 2m ones left

Steve Terry

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Steve Terry <(E-Mail Removed)> typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: "Colin Wilson"
: <(E-Mail Removed) o.uk> wrote in
: message news:(E-Mail Removed) g...
: >> I need to buy a 5m RJ45 cable to hook up my PC to my Bebox router
: >> but I'm not sure whether I should get a Cat5e or Cat6 cable and
: >> whether it needs to be shielded.
: >
: > Just pick up the cheapest you can find, preferably not somewhere
: > like Comet / Currys !
: >
: > I very much doubt the length you're talking about will have any
: > effect whatsoever.
: >
: >
: My local 99p shop had 5m Cat5, but now they only have 2m ones left
:
: Steve Terry

I crimp my own. If you go this route though make sure you use stranded
cable not solid core.

Ivor

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:36:01 +0100, Doughboy wrote:

> Thanks guys. Play.com have got all the different types for under £5 but
> there's more choice of colours for Cat5e, so I can get one which I can
> easily distinguish from all my other cables

I bet Poundland is cheaper!

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In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Doughboy <(E-Mail Removed)> typed, for some strange, unexplained reason:
: On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:31:18 +0100, "www.GymRatZ.co.uk"
: <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
:
: >Doughboy wrote:
: >> I need to buy a 5m RJ45 cable to hook up my PC to my Bebox router
: >> but I'm not sure whether I should get a Cat5e or Cat6 cable and
: >> whether it needs to be shielded.
: >
: >Cat5e non-shielded
: >Just a regular plain old Cat5e patch lead.
:
: Thanks guys. Play.com have got all the different types for under £5
: but there's more choice of colours for Cat5e, so I can get one which I
: can easily distinguish from all my other cables


I wish they did this at my workplace. For some reason, which even the I.T.
guys I spoke to don't know, every single solitary patch cable in the
entire company, which covers 10+ sites, are *all* yellow..!

Maybe they bought a job lot, I don't know, but it makes tracing the rat's
nest behind my desk a nightmare..!!

Oh actually I tell a lie, I found a blue cable in the cupboard the other
day..!


Ivor

On 27 Sep 2008 18:51:12 GMT, alexd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:36:01 +0100, Doughboy wrote:
>
>> Thanks guys. Play.com have got all the different types for under £5 but
>> there's more choice of colours for Cat5e, so I can get one which I can
>> easily distinguish from all my other cables
>
>I bet Poundland is cheaper!

Yeah, I often find stuff, like USB cables, in those shops. Although
thinking about it, I believe it was one I got from there that I had
trouble with...

One downside with Play.com is you have to wait 21 days before they'll
accept a "gone missing in the post" claim and send you another one, so
not much use if you're in a hurry!

Doughboy

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:49:16 +0100, Owain
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ivor Jones wrote:
>> I wish they did this at my workplace. For some reason, which even the I.T.
>> guys I spoke to don't know, every single solitary patch cable in the
>> entire company, which covers 10+ sites, are *all* yellow..!
>
>IMHO yellow should be reserved for cross-over cables. This also applied
>in audio, where yellow was reserved for phase reverse cables IIRC
>
>Owain

I daresay a few people have been confused by the yellow phono
connectors used for composite video though.

Doughboy

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:08:16 +0100, Mark McIntyre
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Doughboy wrote:
>>
>> Thanks guys. Play.com have got all the different types for under £5
>> but there's more choice of colours for Cat5e, so I can get one which I
>> can easily distinguish from all my other cables
>
>I bought a 50m drum and fitting tool from Screwfix and pop into Maplin
>to buy a bag of plugs whenever I need to. I custom-made all the
>patchleads, its simpler in the end.

I guess I would do this if I thought I might need to make a few leads
in the near future but I'm not planning to and my DIY skills leave a
lot to be desired anyway

Doughboy