[SGVLUG] Buying a spool of ethernet wire - cat5e or cat6? Copper or aluminum? Where? How much?

[matti]

All right! Time for a Cat6 party!!

If the dry wall is not yet up this work will be easy!!
( just remember to protect the wires from dry wall 
screws, just like you would with the electrical wiring )

hint any attic work we need to do early in the morning
( lol forget doing any work after 12noon in attics!.. )

if you already have the dry wall up then I would use the following
plastic boxes and cut out the back with a hack saw

http://www.renovation-headquarters.com/receptacle-installation-2.htm

Homedepot also sells low voltage boxes (orange) which will save
you the time of not needing to cut out the back

btw - ganahl had a great deal on a paster kit for $8 recently..
they may still have it. ( large putty knives, roll or mesh tape,
tray to mix paster.. ) I dont see it in their online ad... 

http://www.ganahl.com/

if you do not want to break the walls I would get one of these
( maybe not this one per se.. ) Want it long enough to be able to
drill through the stud blocks from below and above.

http://www.homedepot.com/buy/tools-hardware-power-tool-accessories-drill-bits-twist/klein-tools-9-16-in-x-54-in-screw-point-flex-drill-bit-143528.html#.UBgb8rSe6KI

with a strong drill they worked well imho



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From: Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Buying a spool of ethernet wire - cat5e or cat6? Copper or aluminum? Where? How much?


There are a couple of corrections to Stan's notes.

If you use Cat5e connectors with Cat6 cables you will have one of two things happen:

Cat 6 is higher gauge wire than Cat5e and your connectors just won't work with Cat6 cable.  I have run across this several times and in my experience you get no worky.

If you do manage to squeeze a cat6 cable into a cat5e connector it works fine just like a cat6 connector.

Dan, I have about 4000' of Cat6 left over from my house so you're using Cat6.  ;)

Matt