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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up36·20 hours agoThe snaky boy is more than $3 these days, at least if you get a long one.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 hours agoAlso for just cheap cat5, it might not actually faster than modern WiFi.
minus-squareHoimo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-216 hours agocat5 beats wifi in terms of wall penetration though, assuming you penetrated that wall with a drill and then pulled the cat5 through
minus-squareTehhund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·15 hours agoSay “penetrate” again, I’m almost finished.
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoCome on, dont blow a just couple comments out of proportion. Why put so much load on some common terminology.
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoIt’ll have higher latency if that matters.
minus-squareBartyDeCanter@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoCat 6 is what, $0.15 a foot? Plus maybe another $0.50 for the connectors and boots? That’s a 16 foot snake for $3.00.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-216 hours agoI think last time I bought one it was a 50 foot one for something like $15-$20. People are mentioning buying from a spool but I am thinking more going to my local computer store,so there’s a some markup.
minus-squareBartyDeCanter@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoI bought a 1000 foot spool a few years back when wiring my house and have used it for helping out friends and family ever since. I’m not sure how much I have left, but I’ll probably pick up another whenever I do.
The snaky boy is more than $3 these days, at least if you get a long one.
Also for just cheap cat5, it might not actually faster than modern WiFi.
cat5 beats wifi in terms of wall penetration though, assuming you penetrated that wall with a drill and then pulled the cat5 through
Say “penetrate” again, I’m almost finished.
Come on, dont blow a just couple comments out of proportion. Why put so much load on some common terminology.
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It’ll have higher latency if that matters.
Buy them in spools.
Cat 6 is what, $0.15 a foot? Plus maybe another $0.50 for the connectors and boots? That’s a 16 foot snake for $3.00.
I think last time I bought one it was a 50 foot one for something like $15-$20.
People are mentioning buying from a spool but I am thinking more going to my local computer store,so there’s a some markup.
I bought a 1000 foot spool a few years back when wiring my house and have used it for helping out friends and family ever since. I’m not sure how much I have left, but I’ll probably pick up another whenever I do.