confused ethernet cable

barjam_2

i want another ethernet cable to hook up to my printer but not really sure what to buy i've been looking on ebay and there seems to be a cople of different kinds i think i've figured i need a straight through cat 5 rj-45 and not a crossover but what is a patch cable,.... could i use that?

albertross_2

patch cables are just shorter (generally)



if it says cat5 or cat6 and is not a crossover, it will be ok

needaspirin

A patch cable or patch cord (sometimes patchcable or patchcord) is an electrical cable, used to connect ("patch-in") one electronic device to another for signal routing. Devices of different types (ie: a switch connected to a computer, or switch to router) are connected with patch cords. Patch cords are usually produced in many different colours so as to be easily distinguishable, and are relatively short, perhaps no longer than two metres.
An RJ45 patch cable is the same as a straight through RJ45 cable.

If your printer is a network printer you will need one of these. If your printer is not a network printer you will need a USB printer cable.

What is the printer model number?

kahlquist

A patch cable will be okay. Term patch cable is typically used to refer to shorter cables used in computer rooms to the network connections on the patch panels. A crossover cable is only used to connect two devices together without the use of a hub or ports on a adsl router.

barjam_2

needaspirin wrote: »

A patch cable or patch cord (sometimes patchcable or patchcord) is an electrical cable, used to connect ("patch-in") one electronic device to another for signal routing. Devices of different types (ie: a switch connected to a computer, or switch to router) are connected with patch cords. Patch cords are usually produced in many different colours so as to be easily distinguishable, and are relatively short, perhaps no longer than two metres.
An RJ45 patch cable is the same as a straight through RJ45 cable.

If your printer is a network printer you will need one of these. If your printer is not a network printer you will need a USB printer cable.

What is the printer model number?

my printer is a network printer, brother dcp-340cw i got it hooked up for wireless but just couldnt ge it to print from laptops so tried a ethernet and it works fine so just need another
cable



so would you say its ok to get one ebay and what would you's reckon the most i should pay for one

many thanks

albertross_2

Depends how long it needs to be, about a quid before postage

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/cat/Cables-and-Tools/subcat/Network-Cables-3m

needaspirin

You can get 1 metre cables from the £1 shop.

needaspirin

Screwfix 5m cable £1.72
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=XACIYZVXLXBJECSTHZOCFFQ?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=rj45&action=movePage&fh_start_index=10

barjam_2

many thanks people:beer: i have been looking in the £1 shop:D but not seen any yet, but now that i know approx price for one etc.. i'll keep looking
it doesn't need to be long max ..1 metre

once again many thanks
:beer:

spud17

http://www.toolstation.com/search.html?searchstr=cat5e

Not everywhere, cheap'n cheerful. No mail order, at least I don't think so.

Some things e.g.aerial sockets, quality can be variable.