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Righto.

Router - [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1047626212&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48449[/URL]
That I'm happy with.

Network Cards - [URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Conventional_115.html[/URL]
Down the very bottom there.
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Now then, cable.

I remember Adrian saying straight not crossover - patch is the same thing as straight, non?

So is this the cable I need?
[URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1047524649&action=c2hvd3N1YmNhdGVnb3J5X3BhZ2U=&subcat_uid=578[/URL]
What be the difference between assembled and snagless? Does it matter?
And why is grey more expensive than yellow?

Danke.

What be the difference between assembled and snagless? Does it matter?
And why is grey more expensive than yellow?
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So does that mean assembles and snagless are just Cat5e and Cat5 respectively?

And why, on that link, is the grey more expensive than yellow?

I don't aim to annoy by they by.

It's pretty obvious though. Snagless have a little rubber thing over the clips.

Grey is more expensive than yellow because Cat5 is traditionally yellow.

Yeah, obvious really.
Everyone clearly knows how Cat5 is traditionally yellow, and how snagless means that there's a little rubber thing over the clips.

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If the colours referred to a grade it would, in fact, say so. So really all it means is what colour they are, and some colours are more ezpensive.

As for snagless, one of the descriptions actually TOLD you what it meant!

I got my cables from a place which someone who overclocks might be interested in.

Oh, I just got my cables from overclockers.co.uk.

*pulls pole out of Rob's ass*

How about splash out that little bit extra and go wireless, Get a couple of 54g Wireless cards and a Wireless ADSL router and BHAM no wires to lay or anything, also very easy to set up.

Colin

Gotta remember that transfer speeds between computers on your network are a lot slower with wireless.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Gotta remember that transfer speeds between computers on your network
> are a lot slower with wireless.

802.11b = 11Mbps
802.11g = 54Mbps
802.11g+ = 108Mbps

These figures are based on optimum conditions and hardware.

For general netsurfing and downloading 11b is fine, if you into heavy network traffic, 11g+ is much better. I've just upgraded to 11g+ and can now stream anything I want around my house with no problems (Thanks to my KiSS ethernet/wireless DVD Player).