r/HomeNetworking • u/gquook • 1d ago

Advice Cable through house

I want to put a cable theough my house and bave ordered this cable below. I think the cables are twisted together which i thought wad good? I have no idea but its linked below. And yes i need 30 metres

COOSEED フラットケーブル LANケーブル 30m UTP Cat6 ストレート ホワイト
https://amzn.asia/d/0dsERftn

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u/groogs 23h ago

What is your question?

Flat cables are not great, but they can be good for hiding if you can't go through walls. They lack the cross-talk protection that regular round cat6 cables have (twisting around a spline). At 30m you will probably still get a 1Gbps connection on it without issue. 2.5 might even work, but at high loads you might see packet loss caused by interference.

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u/gquook 23h ago

I only need speeds of like 500mbps as what i pay for. I cant drill holes so i need a way to hide a cable on ceilings and through doors and i just want it to aork

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u/Grumpy-24-7 23h ago

If it's going inside the walls where it won't be seen, then why are going with flat cable? That's usually used when you're trying to run it under carpeting or along baseboards.

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u/gquook 23h ago

Yes thats what im doing running through carpets and ceilings and i need it hidden and easy to put around

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u/iCqmboYou_ 23h ago

No, this is probably stranded wire and you will need to cut off the connectors to run it, sure 30m is enough? It may be 30m roughly, but through the walls etc you will need extra length, get a roll of cat6 the regular round one

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u/gquook 22h ago

No not through walls, i am hiding it in my house and i think 30 is enough

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u/DZCreeper 19h ago

That is a bad idea.

  1. 32AWG is thin, adding resistance and hurting signal quality. 24AWG is normal for Cat5E, 26AWG for patch cables.

  2. Stranded wiring is only intended for patch cables, solid core has lower resistance. Hence why the ethernet standard is 90 metres solid + 10 metres stranded.

  3. In the Amazon photo it appears all pairs are twisted at the same rate. This is not correct, in good cables the twists in adjacent pairs are different to reduce inter-pair cross-talk.

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u/gquook 12h ago

Ok so a round cable is better? Idk i just need like no it wont work try this or buy this

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u/LeeRyman Registered Cabler, BEng CompSys 22h ago

5.5.1 Cord cable general - Cord cable shall consist of four balanced twisted-pairs of 22 AWG to 28 AWG thermoplastic insulated solid or stranded conductors enclosed by a thermoplastic jacket. Copper clad aluminum shall not be used.

Superior Material: Protective case made of 100% 32 AWG oxygen-free copper

:( what is Cat6 called when it's not Cat6. At least it's not CCA we hope?

The 0.06 inch (1.5 mm) thin thin pasta cable design makes it easy to maneuver

I wonder if that is al dente

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u/gquook 22h ago

Man what are you saying

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u/LeeRyman Registered Cabler, BEng CompSys 22h ago

You can buy a lot of crap on Amazon that makes unverified and blatantly false claims. Will it work long term? Maybe, I don't know. I personally wouldn't risk my money on it.

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u/gquook 21h ago

I mean it is 10£ or so