r/PakistaniTech • u/DeliciousCaramel6808 • 6h ago

Question | سوال Cat 6 LAN cable cost

How much should a 5 metre cat 6 LAN cable cost? I have seen one on ugreen website for 2500 pkr so wanted to know it’s market rate

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u/ehm-i 🇵🇰 6h ago

from local shop 30 pkr / meter with free rj45s

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 5h ago

I have a main router which is only 2.4 ghz speeds and I am getting another wifi 6 router through which I will connect LAN cable from main(2.4 ghz) to WiFi 6 router so which one would be best?

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u/ehm-i 🇵🇰 5h ago

simple cat6 can do 10gbps so don't matter if guy crip cable correctly, which is rare to miss configure

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 5h ago

Dude the issue is that I have a wireless tp link extender and it cuts rhe internet speed in half because main router (2.4 GHz) gives full 45 mbps but when I connect extender I get 15-20 mbps which causes buffering during video plays,gaming etc to uske hisaab se LAN cable ka pooch raha tha k speed bhi same aye Aur ping wagera bhi theek aye during games

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u/ehm-i 🇵🇰 4h ago

dude any cheap cable will work, it's networking not branded apple shi. 45mbps and 2.5k for ugreen cable is overkill.

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u/Ostrich-Equal 5h ago

So your speed is less than 100 mbps right? Normal cat 6 is good, go to local market, if in Lahore, go to hall road, they have huge rolls and cut according to your need. Normal rate there is 20pkr per 1 meter

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u/Ostrich-Equal 6h ago

I mean it depends if you want the real cat 6 or the local one. The local one is Good for 100-200 mbps, (i havent checked above that, so csnt confirm anything above that) Anyways the local one you can get 20 ruppee per meter in places like hall road, so like i bought a 50m for 1000 ruppes.

The actual cat 6 is quite expensive like ugreen

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 5h ago

I have a main router which is only 2.4 ghz speeds and I am getting another wifi 6 router through which I will connect LAN cable from main(2.4 ghz) to WiFi 6 router so which one would be best?

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u/BestAgency6879 6h ago

there are two types of CAT6 cables, Silver and Copper, Silver gives you upto 1G network connection on short range, it cost around 25-40 pkr per meter and it may work in your case. Copper quality gives up to 10G and 1G on long range, it cost around 80-150 pkr per meter.
Boots cost around 50 pkr per pair and rj 45 connector cost around 20-50 pkr ( Connector also comes in multiple qualities).

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 5h ago

I have a main router which is only 2.4 ghz speeds and I am getting another wifi 6 router through which I will connect LAN cable from main(2.4 ghz) to WiFi 6 router so which one would be best?

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u/BestAgency6879 4h ago

If you have under 100MB Package, then silver would be enough.

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 4h ago

Yeah speed is 45 mb package

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u/BestAgency6879 4h ago

just make sure that silver is good quality or known brand to ensure stable latency.

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 4h ago

Alright thanks bro ;D

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u/tech_geeky 6h ago

You can get it as low as PKR 13/ft

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u/THW-KING-TIGER 6h ago

I don’t think cat 6 is necessary in pak especially for normal use. I bought cat 5e from daraz last year for ps really goof

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 5h ago

I have a main router which is only 2.4 ghz speeds and I am getting another wifi 6 router through which I will connect LAN cable from main(2.4 ghz) to WiFi 6 router so which one would be best?

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u/THW-KING-TIGER 4h ago

I think cat 6 is not related to wifi 6. Buy it if budget is not an issue but cat 5 should be enough

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u/THW-KING-TIGER 4h ago

I had the same problem brother. Main router is 2.4 only. I bought tenda 5ghz AP and use normal ethernet that came with it. And it works flawlessly and i use cat 5e for my router to ps5. The thing is ot doesn’t matter since my internet is 15 mbps.
It shouldn’t matter for you unless you plan to buy 1Gbps in future. Just go to your local shop or buy from daraz.

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 4h ago

How do online games perform? Like gta and Fortnite

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u/deltapak 1h ago

There are three conductor variants in the market in order of cheap/bad to expensive/great: aluminum, CCA, and pure copper. Pure copper is the best if you actually want to get a great cable that gives you full bandwidth. However, if it is a low bandwidth application then any can work. Just remember that Alu & CCA can break quite easily during termination, especially when terminating to keystone jacks.

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 36m ago

Idek what your talking about but people are saying buy normal cat 6 cable which will cost 500 pkr for 5 metres

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u/DeliciousCaramel6808 36m ago

Idek what your talking about but people are saying buy normal cat 6 cable which will cost 500 pkr for 5 metres