ethernet cable type

[Philip Arola]

The consensus here is right, you want stranded non-crossover. Most important with the driver laptop is to make sure the plugs themselves have solid clips and good strain relief. That's the primary point of failure in my/my team's experience.

[GreyingJay]

Agreed. Stranded cable, any CAT5/5e/6 designation is fine (we're not pushing huge amounts of data down these cables).

Strain relief, and those plastic "hoods", are good. We keep breaking the little tabs off our (non-hooded) cables. It's easy to do when the cables snag on things, or when tethered at a practice field and you don't quite give it enough slack.

I own an RJ45 crimping tool so I think we'll just cut the broken ends off the cables and make new ones. This could be a worthy investment if you find yourself replacing cables a lot.

Finally, I like to buy from Monoprice.com. Great prices.

[Bruceb]

Thank you all very much
Have any of your ordered from http://www.showmecables.com/custom-cable.aspx
??

[Philip Arola]

Originally Posted by Bruceb

Thank you all very much
Have any of your ordered from http://www.showmecables.com/custom-cable.aspx
??

Never heard of them before. Generally if build quality is of paramount importance then I buy in person to gauge quality myself.

[MrRoboSteve]

Some teams remove the clip on both ends of the tether on purpose, to save the more expensive equipment it's attached to.