Where to get Cat-6 (eithernet) cable?

[AudiOn19s]

I need to run a hard line from the router in my basement to my great room. I see lengths up to 50' in most retail stores but I"m not certain that's enough for what i need. Might be but it'll be cutting it close.

 

Is there anywhere locally where I can find longer lengths of cable?

 

Andy

[spankis]

I would say microcenter if you need it quickly, but ebay honestly as far as cheap and long lengths.

 

If you go the ebay route, get CAT-6 cable just because you can lol.

[Supplicium]

i just buy it at home depot out of the spool then crimp it myself. if u can wait i suggest newegg.com

[Skinner]

I have a spool of cat 5. Let me know when and I can come over and help you run it. for a home network setup you will not see a diff from cat 5 to 6. Also if the ends are not made correctly you'll turn the cat 6 back into cat5.

[AudiOn19s]

i just buy it at home depot out of the spool then crimp it myself. if u can wait i suggest newegg.com

 

Do they sell the tool for the ends as well. That's kinda the route I prefer if the price isn't horrible

[El Karacho1647545492]

http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp

 

cheapest i've seen anywhere on pretty much every cable in existence.

 

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10232

 

$6.46 for 50ft and you choose your color

[mrblunt]

I use monoprice for everything cabling. They are great.

[spankis]

Not sure how i forgot monoprice. I hereby withdraw my ebay and replace it with them.

[jjjxlr8]

my cable mart .com

[Supplicium]

Do they sell the tool for the ends as well. That's kinda the route I prefer if the price isn't horrible

 

yup i think the crimper is 10-15 bucks and a pack of connectors is cheap for like 40 of them.

[mmrmnhrm]

Do yourself a favor and terminate to a socket/wall-plate, then cover the last little bit with a regular cable. Doesn't seem like a big deal now, but you'll be kicking yourself when Biggie chews it and you have to pull a whole new one.

[Nitrousbird]

Monoprice.

 

Any use wallplates. Cables hanging out of walls looks like shit.

[gillbot]

if you were closer, I have a spool of cat5E you could cut a chunk from for free

[Tractor]

I need about 200-250ft of CAT6 so buy a bit to much and I'll buy it from you. Sucky part is I'd prefer burial grade.

[TTQ B4U]

Monoprice.

 

Any use wallplates. Cables hanging out of walls looks like shit.

 

^^ x 1234. Knowing Andy and his attention to "details" he will

 

when we finished our basement, I ran all the wiring inside PVC piping along the walls and ceiling so that fishing more or different lines later would be a snap. I've already upgraded the video lines from my PC to the TV in the family room. Took about 5 minutes to fish new wire and pop them into the wall plates.

[bicranium]

http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp

 

cheapest i've seen anywhere on pretty much every cable in existence.

 

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10232

 

$6.46 for 50ft and you choose your color

 

Man, I bought about 200ft. of Cat-5 cable on eBay maybe 6-7 years ago and was looking at redoing some cables since I recently had U-Verse installed and while I've used Monoprice plenty for a/v cables I completely dismissed them for networking cables and was looking at eBay again. That's beast mode. About to buy 1,000 ft.

[AudiOn19s]

^^ x 1234. Knowing Andy and his attention to "details" he will

 

 

Sooo...you guys made a very good point. When we built our house we had a few ports built into locations that we thought we would want them but I guess never considered that the TV would be one of them. As I started to really think about how the project would progress I decided just to go buy the wireless adapter for the TV so that It can get it's signal through Wifi instead.

 

I do appreciate the help though.

 

Andy

[unfunnyryan]

Microcenter has wallplates at a pretty good price. Lots of different kinds too.

 

Cable prices are pretty high, but I bet the employee pricing is decent.

[Nitrousbird]

Microcenter has wallplates at a pretty good price. Lots of different kinds too.

I bet Monoprice has a better selection, higher quality stuff, at a lower price.

 

I decided just to go buy the wireless adapter for the TV so that It can get it's signal through Wifi instead.

I hope that adapter is just for general web browsing through a TV feature, and not for an Xbox 360 (as PS3/Wii have it built in already). Streaming anything good through wireless is the suck...hard wired is the only way to go.

[IVRINGS]

I also have the tool to make the lines, but I don't have any of the ends. I think the wireless is a better idea, but I just like the idea of the cleaner look.

[AudiOn19s]

I hope that adapter is just for general web browsing through a TV feature, and not for an Xbox 360 (as PS3/Wii have it built in already). Streaming anything good through wireless is the suck...hard wired is the only way to go.

 

I was able to stream a full HDx quality movie through wireless without issues last night. So far soo good.

[6 Speed S4]

I have a 100ft ethernet cable i got from microcenter for a good deal and that was years ago. Im sure they sell even longer cords.