Recommend me some CAT6 from a decent supplier

Voodoomelon

Hi guys.
Currently in the process of renovating a three story house and need a good 300m-500m of decent quality CAT6 cable for running through conduit and ceiling joists.

I've come across a few Irish online suppliers but there's no mention of cable brand which worries me a bit.

Any suggestions for a good quality source and brand? (I'd like to buy Irish if possible).

Thanks.

Moonbeam

We ended up going to Maplin for it in the end.

Voodoomelon

Crikey, did you not pay through the nose? What brand did you go for?

BigEejit

We recently moved house and I lifted floorboards and put down some cat 6. We are using powerline jobbies for upstairs because we only use a could of bits up there. There is a route to get the cable upstairs from where i have my switch but I'll only do it if I really have a reason for it.

I was considering which cable to get when I had a chat with a colleague who bought cat 6 utp and thought he would terminate it himself and long story short, after putting it in walls and under floors etc he found he couldn't get 1Gb and found out too late that the cable was crap and half the links in the house are only running at 100Mb even after he got a professional in to terminate them. He had been careful that the cable was not damaged or any bend radius were not too much. (I think he said it was this stuff: http://www.cablenet.co.uk/cgi-bin/list.pl?Sku=39_3100 ... I might be wrong though, he bought it off these lads though)

So I bought a 30 meter terminated cable and tested them at work on a 1Gb switch and all ran fine. I even tested it on a 10Gb switch at work and it autonegotiated, but we didnt do any testing because the DCM came in
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007N46VG8/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1#productDescription (foil twisted pair, connectors are metal grounded)

I bought 8 of them and ran them around the place, all running at 1Gb no problems.

Voodoomelon

Hmm, will have to choose wisely so.

gctest50

Have you the walls closed up yet ?

Would it be possible to run conduit up to the attic all the way from the data sockets on the lower floors ?

http://www.neweysonline.co.uk/mk-electric-round-pvc-conduit-light-gauge-super-high-impact-20mm-x-3m-white/1000009818/ProductInformation.raction

The idea is it would be very easy in future to pull new cables/fibre through

Voodoomelon

The house is being renovated from the top floor down (3 floors), the top floor is complete and that's where i'm starting, conduit is already laid in the upper floor walls for CAT6, just need to order some!

cadaliac

You should be able to run 1GB on Cat5e let alone Cat6.
I would get the cables made off - or made up lengths. Once they cable supplier can certify the cables, if it is certified to Cat6 spec, you will be able to run 10Gb no problem.
As mentioned before, the issues start when you terminate with a poor crimp tool and you won't get the correct certification standard.