Reddit reviews Cat5e Bulk 1000ft Ethernet Cable White

Yea, distance doesn't make a difference if you have a large amount of 2.4GHz noise in the air :( If your router is literally that close and you have no cable, I'll mail you one from my spool.

I know you're trolling, but here's a 1000 foot cord, I really can't think of many homes that would need a cord larger than 1000 feet, if your house is too big for a 1000 foot cord odds are you have the money to have a Ethernet network installed in your walls like a commercial business.

https://www.amazon.com/Cat5e-1000ft-Ethernet-Cable-White/dp/B004PL082U

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TY4L0PM/ref=abs_brd_tag_dp?smid=A2IHZFOHOQ0WG8

Please tell me where you see this cheaper cat6.

http://www.amazon.com/Cat5e-1000ft-Ethernet-Cable-White/dp/B004PL082U

The only reason "WiFi is all you can do" is a valid excuse is if you're stealing it from your neighbours. Otherwise, jack up, bud. You can make a cable long enough.

TL;DR to have the cable in the wall and have that nice ethernet jack at your desk, instead of a cat5 cable coming out.

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It also makes it easier to change what people are connected to in the actual server room, so if they need PoE you don't have to either move your switch or get a longer cable to run through the ceiling if you suddenly need 5 more feet. (well, you need a new cable, but you just have to change 5 feet instead of 150 feet)

Same for the office layout, john doe moved out of the office and joe schmoe moved in, joe schmoe wants his desk in the southwest corner instead of the southeast corner, that's 10 extra feet of cable! fuck.

Well, we can still use the same jack now, but use a premade cable to route it around the office, instead of around the whole building.

While the patch panel is an additional point of failure, it doesn't move so once it's in it SHOULDN'T break, a really long ethernet cable that you move all the time is much more likely to break. The cables you buy for this are also different (more firm, less bendy) from the cable consumers typically think of (patch cable)

There's some other advantages, but those are the big ones that and the fact that bulk cable is a hell of a lot cheaper especially once you get to the longer runs it's hard to find premade cables that are 200+ft.

A hundred bucks for a wifi adapter??

Sheesh, might as well just buy a few thousand feet of ethernet cable

A coax line would not work, because it cannot be used in place if an Ethernet line. A cable modem (which is the only device that will except a Coax, requires a CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) in order for it to function. CMTS's are thousands of dollars. You could use an Ethernet over power, which is the power line adapter you are talking about. The only issue, an especially with old houses, the wiring is done in sections. Which is why you have circuit breakers for turning off parts of the house, without needing to turn the whole house off. In other words, you wont be successful with the Power Line Adapter, because your room is most likely in a different section of the house, than the modem. Also, appliances that use large amounts of energy, such as washers, dryers, microwaves and fridges can cause your latency to spike up into the 4000ms (You can see how Ethernet over Power didn't really catch on).

Your best option, is buying a 350 ft of CAT 5 Cable, and fishing it up to your room. This will require Crimpers and CAT 5 ender and cable tester. This will cost you about $50 dollars, and it's really easy to do. Here is a Guide



Edit: Never heard of MoCA adapter's apparently that works too