Can I buy a wormhole cable at the electronics store?

Question

A friend of mine also owns a Paca and we'd like to make a wormhole-party 

Shipping from the US is kind of expensive (and takes some time) so I was wondering if I can buy a cable of the same type at the electronics store..

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are connecting only two devices, then yes, you can use a pair of standard gigabit Ethernet cables (connect port A to port A and B to B).  However, if you are connecting three or more devices, please ask us for orange cables; they are wired differently from standard Ethernet cables and you would connect each one's A port to its neighbor's B port.

Comments

Ok, great! Do you have longer and more flexible orange cables also? They fit in the rack but there's some tension applied..

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We only have one length of the orange cables, but, if you have access to a crimping tool, you could make some of your own by copying the pin-out of the cables that you already have. Be sure to use Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable and keep the length to 2 meters or less.

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Is there any difference in performance when I connect only two devices with a standard gigabit ethernet cable vs. connecting two devices with an orange cable?

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The performance will be identical.