Its very helpful to be able to do that for any cable length. The right length really makes a world of difference. Also it's really cheap to buy a 30m (that's like length of 5 cars and a camel or something for you muricans 😉) roll and use that instead of the expensive standard consumer cables.

Oh by the way when will I get better and not require the obligatory second try 😂? I'm like at two digit numbers, but only doing this on rare occasions like requiring 15-20m through houses or something privately.

[–] WallsToTheBalls@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I have a single box 500ft box that I’ve gone through multiple residences with. Every time I need to plug something I just crimp crimp done.

I also got those passthrough connectors where you can stick the actual wires through each pin instead of having to trim them evenly, then the crimper cuts them. Makes it so much easier.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you use cat7 or less? I mean sure we can't crimp it to cat7 spec (I assume you can't either) but the price difference is not much of a reason (here).

[–] WallsToTheBalls@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

There is no difference in the crimp between cat6 and cat7. None. Zero. It is the exact same process, the same pins.

Cat7 has larger conductors and specific connectors to accommodate them, but you can still make a cat6 connector work on a cat7 cable with some elbow grease.

It’s also totally pointless for 90% of use cases.

The differences in spec come from the shielding material in the cable, and the number of twists, the connectors themselves are the same standard

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, shielding. What I meant though, because they're otherwise identical: do you purchase cat6 or cat7 or whichever is cheaper.

[–] WallsToTheBalls@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Usually cat6a. It gives a good balance of cost and still maintaining support for 10gbps speeds down the line.

I’m what I would consider a power user though, odds of consumer equipment adopting 10gbps at the client level any time soon are low, so for endpoints anything above cat6 is usually a waste

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks