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oimi (24-03-2009)
Originally Posted by mycarsavw
Homeplugs are another optionDOH!! I'd completely forgotten those exist!
And im using a set for my HTPC downstairs, my memory/brain is failing me today
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oimi (24-03-2009)
I'd be looking for around 100m of cat5e cable, as the house is on three stories and all computer harware is very spread out!What I have done for my cables is lifted up the edges of the carpets and tucked the cables under them, following the wall round. I have just enough clearance under the doors in my house to allow the cable to pass underneith them right up against the doorframe without any problem. This can easily be removed when you move out, and no one will know any different. Cat5e cable is fairly cheap, so easily doable under a budget.
CAT5e is dead cheap. Just run it round the edges of the flat and stuff. Or consider re-arranging your computer stuff, so everything is more centralized.
oimi (24-03-2009)
Is there not a flat-profile version of the cable?
I'd like to be able to keep the NAS in the loft, so that would require some means of supplying power up there.
http://www.vpi.us/cable-sf.html
Yup, just got to find a UK supplier
oimi (24-03-2009)
Looks good, shame that it is an American retailer.
As I seem to be doing all the searching for you, here's one more on me (Google search terms were, surprisingly "flat cat5e cable" and I selected "pages from the UK")
http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/490
or
http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/491
No personal experience of buying from them though.
You're welcome
oimi (24-03-2009)
Flat ethernet cable is a really, bad idea. And calling it Cat5e is misleading advertising. It doesn't conform to Cat5e specifications if the conductors aren't twisted pairs.
oimi (24-03-2009)
Yes, thank you for your searches! Still searching for extra long bundles of the stuff...As I seem to be doing all the searching for you, here's one more on me (Google search terms were, surprisingly "flat cat5e cable" and I selected "pages from the UK")
http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/490
or
http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/491
No personal experience of buying from them though.
You're welcome
Interesting point, I don't care about using standard stuff as long as I can conceal this eaily under carpet, through doorways, up stairs and into the loft.
Mmmm why? Just wondering. Can't imagine it would have a massive effect on cable quality?
We are not going to do all the leg work for you. I served up my specs on a silver platter, and my thoughts on wireless networking. There is a magically thing called [Evil]Google.
oimi (24-03-2009)
Amazing huh? There was me thinking that I simply imagined the URL of this forum and magically found my way here.
CAT5e is twisted pair so you can't make it flat. Anyone who says they can isn't selling you CAT5e.
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Thanks for clarifying that, anyway...
It does. The twisting of the pairs provides electrical noise cancellation because of the way electrons propagate through a conductor. It also provides a level of shielding against crosstalk. The more noise in the environment there is, the greater the effect of frame corruption there is. TCP can usually handle this by re-requesting the same corrupt packets, but if the noise is bad enough it will give up and the socket will end up being closed.
That said, in low noise environments it can still be used with little observable performance loss. But it's still *not* Cat5e.
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