help with computer ethernet

[Cynestal]

So i have a internet cable hooked up to my wifi router and it has 4 ethernet ports at the back and i want someone to tell me how to hook up the cables to from my router to the pc. i want to know if you need a female/male or female/female or male/male cable to hook those two up

[TheProfessionalAmateurs]

It would be male/male, because the port on a pc is female, and the port on a router is also female.

[swordsman247]

1 minute ago, Cynestal said:

So i have a internet cable hooked up to my wifi router and it has 4 ethernet ports at the back and i want someone to tell me how to hook up the cables to from my router to the pc. i want to know if you need a female/male or female/female or male/male cable to hook those two up

Should be just a standard cat5 male to male, the same as what's between the modem and the wifi boxes.

[Cynestal]

Just now, TheProfessionalAmateurs said:

It would be male/male, because the port on a pc is female, and the port on a router is also female.

Ok. thx.

[paddy-stone]

cat5/6/7 will do fine, what you want is a patch cable.

[Cynestal]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

cat5/6/7 will do fine, what you want is a patch cable.

How much do like 3-5 meter cables cost?

[swordsman247]

Just now, Cynestal said:

How much do like 3-5 meter cables cost?

$3-$5 give or take.

[Cynestal]

Just now, swordsman247 said:

$3-$5 give or take.

Really? Thanks

[swordsman247]

Just now, Cynestal said:

Really? Thanks

Yeah they're pretty cheap now I just give them away to customers sometimes since I have a box of them.

[Cynestal]

Just now, swordsman247 said:

Yeah they're pretty cheap now I just give them away to customers sometimes since I have a box of them.

Well im from estonia so yea

[dalekphalm]

21 hours ago, Cynestal said:

Well im from estonia so yea

Prices will vary based on geographic region. Here in North America, they are pretty cheap, unless you are buying from a "big box" retailer, like Best Buy, Staples, Wal-Mart, etc. They all have massive margins and high prices on things like cables.

 

Places like Amazon, Monoprice, and computer stores like NewEgg, NCIX, CanadaComputers, MicroCenter, etc, all have very low prices.

 

So, you need to find a local equivalent, or an online retailer that ships to your location.

[Belgiangurista]

Hint! Check the cable, it should have 8 colored wires. That means it can handle Gigabit speeds.

If it only has 4 wires in the male rj45 connector it's a 100 Megabit cable. 

[dalekphalm]

5 minutes ago, Belgiangurista said:

Hint! Check the cable, it should have 8 colored wires. That means it can handle Gigabit speeds.

If it only has 4 wires in the male rj45 connector it's a 100 Megabit cable. 

That's not strictly correct. Category 5 cables (Intended for 10/100 Mbps connections) have 8 wires (4 pairs), yet there is no guarantee that they can do Gigabit.

 

a 4-wire (2 pair) wire is likely a Category 3 Phone Cable, and they look different, and would normally be terminated using an RJ11 connector. If someone is wiring a Cat 3 cable with RJ45, then that cable is either ridiculously old, or they are just doing it wrong.