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so WHY are they all listed as Patch cables?
Anything I should know, or is it irrelevant?
All I wanna buy is a couple of extra Cat5 RJ45 network cables......
so WHY are they all listed as Patch cables?
Anything I should know, or is it irrelevant?
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
patch cables are regular cables
crossover cables are crossover cables
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Patch cables tend to be flexible and mean you can move them without breaking them inside. Normal cables are normally - install and leave, you don't move them too many times as they break up inside.
Crossover is simply refering to the wireing, you can have a patch crossover cable, or a patch straight through cable.
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I don't think that's right.
Patch is straight through, crossover is crossover. That's why you plug patch cables into patch panels - you don't plug crossovers into them.
All CAT5 cabling is multithread wire anyway so it can handle moderate bending.
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nah it's not all threaded, some of it's solit-core. usually the £20 reels are solid, tho they can take a fair bit of punichment
Ah right.
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Solid is usually used for the bits of wire u dont see, multi core is the bits that go from the socket on the wall to the back of ur PC as these are moved around more and arent as rigid...
Patch Cable are normally normal rj45 cables but made in to shorter lengths to go between Swithes and Patch Panels
rule 1 of networking...
never network on the cheap...
so avoid getting crossover cable AT ALL COSTS or you'll be asking for trouble...
you may hear hear otherwise but whoever told you that may not have a hassle-free-ish network running...
finally don't network without expecting any hassle...i decided to call networks NOTworks after the beef i've had with my network.
you must remember to keep the internet connection firewall service n xp on for less beef on all pcs with xp on
patch cables are "generally" stranded, nice and flexible for routing through cable management, solid core are for infrastructure or permenant cable installations. UTP are unshielded, STP - shielded.
Most patch are stranded UTP for the reason that you don't expect to have much EMF in your server room.
It really depends on the run length, and how it's going to be routed - if going between floors, or punched through walls, or even in DADO trunking - then should really be plenum grade solid core STP, if however it's same room routed around the walls, then stranded utp should be fine.
I'd make sure you get them plenty long enough - it's always hard to judge the right lengths, and making sure they're hidden away from cats and places where your good lady will trip over them! (which can do a surprising large amound of damage to your networking installation - let alone your peace and quiet!)
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