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How much performance will I lose by cutting a pre-made ethernet cable and dropping it in a wall?
Okay, so I have a 50 dollar budget. My goal is to make a 120-135 foot cat6 cable drop. I cannot afford to get everything to wire the entire house.
I've always heard that buying a premade cable and cutting the heads off then punching it down will drastically affect performance. Is this true? ( Let's say from the theoretical max of 125MB/s, what would it reduce it to? )
How much performance am I going to lose by using stranded cable instead of solid? ( Again, from 125MB/s theoretical )
My network performance is on average 40 megabytes/sec ( Not megabits, in megabits it's 320MBPS ) between slower systems, and 60 megabytes/sec between faster systems. This was taken by using aida32, etc. Can I expect a cable drop like I described to be about the same speed?
If not, how much more am I going to get by buying solid core cat6 in bulk and running that?
Thanks!
I do have my own tools to wire the house, I just don't have the jacks ( getting cat6 of course ) and wallplates. I regularly make my own patch cables.
Also, should I get toolless keystone jacks? I have a punchdown tool but have no clue how to use it.
3 Answers
- AdrianLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The speeds youare talking about, is gigabit speeds. For the Cat6 to work, your punch downs have to be on cat6 punch down blocks.
It might be easier to get a cheap Cat5 Ethernet coupler, and join two Cat6 cables together. You may lose a bit of signal quality, but as long as all 8 pins are connected, it should still work as long as you keep the distance withing reasonable limits.
Otherwise, get a cheap RJ45 crimp tool and a roll of Cat6 cable, and make your own cable drop.
- JoelKatzLv 71 decade ago
An Ethernet setup will basically either work or not work. You will not see gradual drops in speed with cabling issues. The one exception is if you miswire a gigabit cable, it may cause both ends to drop to 100Mb/s speeds.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
He comprado muchas veces cables hdmi de sitios web, porque siempre tienen los mejores precios por una calidad excelente, el ultimo que compre fue un cable hdmi de alta velocidad con Ethernet, 3D y canal de retorno de audio, súper precio para un producto de calidad.
