Network cable length

bradUK · 17 Oct 2014 at 15:24

Hi all,

I'm jigging the front room around and the PC will be about ten meters from the router as opposed to the 5mtrs it is now.

Will I see any speed degradation with the longer cable and should I fork out for an expensive cable or is a "value" grade one going to be adequate? I'm not streaming etc but I do some competitive gaming.

Cheers chappies.

bremen1874 · 17 Oct 2014 at 15:27

Ethernet is good for 100 metres so you'll be fine.

Just buy a cable from a trusted source.

nutcase · 17 Oct 2014 at 18:11

We've run box standard patch leads as a temporary measure at work from one building to another. 58m end to end and still get <1ms pings and decent transfer rate.

FloppyPoppy · 17 Oct 2014 at 18:17

Yeah i have a 60M Ethernet cable Cat 5 and notice no difference over a 1 meter cable.

You dont need any fancy " signal booster " things

plug and play

DJMK4 · 17 Oct 2014 at 18:29

No difference, you will see good speeds

Its only really poor quality cable you "might" start seeing quicker degrading signal but thats up in last upper sections of meters, IE poor cable you might see higher signal loss in the runs that are 85-100 meters

Fine for your length

bradUK · 17 Oct 2014 at 18:41

Lovely, cheers guys.

bledd · 18 Oct 2014 at 20:06

What is the longest length anyone on here has used? I know 100m is the recommended max..

DJMK4 · 18 Oct 2014 at 20:30

70 Meter runs at a family friends office I was wiring.

Only ever needed 15-25 Meyer runs at home

233 · 18 Oct 2014 at 20:35

Plenty of 15/20m runs at home never had a problem with Boggo cheap cat5 and diy crimping. Get full speed point to point

OLDPHART · 18 Oct 2014 at 21:19

No, l just use the cheapest cat 5's l can get.