Network cable cable - about to click buy!

-Oz- · 2007-09-18, 02:29 PM

psycik Wrote:but you can have a bit of fun if you play around a bit with networks: http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7195/drawing1kn1.jpg Here's a picture Of mine I did for another site.

What program did you use to draw that? I just setup a rather complicated network and really need to do a drawing like that so someone else knows how its set up.

bgowland · 2007-09-18, 11:14 PM

HtV Wrote:I really doubt if you could make one yourself for 64p.

I've been a lot of things in my working life but I'm currently back in electronics wiring and assembly.

Being self-employed, if I made up a cable like that, I'd have to charge myself about 70p in labour charges - then there'd be the cost of cable and connectors. Big Grin

Cheers,
Brian

psycik · 2007-09-18, 11:26 PM

-Oz- Wrote:What program did you use to draw that? I just setup a rather complicated network and really need to do a drawing like that so someone else knows how its set up.

Visio actually. The picture was something I did for Geekzone.co.nz over here. There were some other products mentioned but I just used visio - since I have it here at work.

-Oz- · 2007-09-19, 12:50 AM

psycik Wrote:Visio actually. The picture was something I did for Geekzone.co.nz over here. There were some other products mentioned but I just used visio - since I have it here at work.

Allright, I'll download Visio (can get it for free from school legally Smile

).

HtV · 2007-09-19, 11:54 AM

bgowland Wrote:I've been a lot of things in my working life but I'm currently back in electronics wiring and assembly.

Being self-employed, if I made up a cable like that, I'd have to charge myself about 70p in labour charges - then there'd be the cost of cable and connectors.

Cheers,
Brian

How many cables do you think you can make in an hour? Wink

You would have to buy a 305 mtr box of utp (â¬60,-), and therefore 600 rj45 connectors (â¬150,-) to make it cheap. That would cost ~ â¬0,70 per 1mtr cable. =~ 45p. Well I don't think I'll start a business for this. Big Grin

cya Hans

jslande01 · 2007-09-19, 01:06 PM

Other than having less clutter, a shorter cable won't make anything run better or worse... the max length allowed is 100m. A 3m cable will run the same as a 35m cable.

McBainUK · 2007-09-19, 01:26 PM

Yeah, I'm not looking for increased performance I just want to use the long cable for a laptop in the next room so a short cable is all I need to replace it.

Thanks for the headsup tho.

prouton · 2007-09-19, 09:34 PM

Actually, a longer cable can harm performance...if you coil it up to use it instead of a much shorter cable. The reason? Crosstalk.

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