Cat6 cable
- Thread starter JFire
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The guy works for a high end audio visual company that caters to big money clients but here's the speck on cable.
Sorry for upside down pics
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Ssayer
BIT Beta Team
Well I think it fell off his work Truckand he GAVE that to you? Woah... I need better friends, I'd use it...
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bob2701
Getting comfortable
I did. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a difference between 5 and 6. So far i. 1-3. My first crimp failed. My 3rd was opposite of my 2nd but the crimps were good.
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bob2701
Getting comfortable
https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/8887-How-Do-You-Terminate-Cat5-Cable.
Checkout post 11 by @biggie.
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Fastb
Known around here
JFire,
if you'll be making many patch cords (lots of RJ45 terminations) a cable tester may be useful.
Checks for shorts, opens, and miswiring.
Cheap ones are available, less than $20.
You could spend thousands to check capacitance, crosstalk, signal loss, etc. That would be overkill...
Your cable was made in Taiwan - hopefully it's not CCA. Not good for POE.
Brian
if you'll be making many patch cords (lots of RJ45 terminations) a cable tester may be useful.
Checks for shorts, opens, and miswiring.
Cheap ones are available, less than $20.
You could spend thousands to check capacitance, crosstalk, signal loss, etc. That would be overkill...
Your cable was made in Taiwan - hopefully it's not CCA. Not good for POE.
Brian
bob2701
Getting comfortable
CoreyX64
Pulling my weight
- Mar 20, 2015
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There's a hologram UL sticker on the box which became a requirement for all communications cable in October 2010 because of the CCA being imported. It's pure copper. If you're really concerned, cut a teeny tiny chunk off the end, and shine the end with a flashlight. If it's looks silver, it's aluminum (bad) and if it looks copper-y, well, it's copper.
The hologram sticker says it all though. Anyone can print the UL logo on anything (not legally of course), but the stickers manufacturers have to order those directly from UL, and it bears the product number and everything. Flashy and official.
The only major difference between 5/e and 6 is the number of twists per inch (how tightly it's twisted) and the spline, which not all Cat6 has the spline. This is why CAT6 is generally thicker than 3/5/e. As far as how it's crimped, that's all the same as far as color coding is concerned. Just be sure to keep the twists as much as you possibly can to preset the integrity. Too much straightened wire and it opens the possibility for packet loss. In general crimp connectors are frowned upon by networking experts. The proper way is keystone jacks and professionally made patch cords. I don't like the bulk especially when wiring from the IP camera side of a line (nowhere to stuff all the bulk) so I still stick with crimp ons where I feel the need to use them, but I make sure they are solid reliable crimps and have not seen any adverse effects in the many years of crimping.
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The hologram sticker says it all though. Anyone can print the UL logo on anything (not legally of course), but the stickers manufacturers have to order those directly from UL, and it bears the product number and everything. Flashy and official.
The only major difference between 5/e and 6 is the number of twists per inch (how tightly it's twisted) and the spline, which not all Cat6 has the spline. This is why CAT6 is generally thicker than 3/5/e. As far as how it's crimped, that's all the same as far as color coding is concerned. Just be sure to keep the twists as much as you possibly can to preset the integrity. Too much straightened wire and it opens the possibility for packet loss. In general crimp connectors are frowned upon by networking experts. The proper way is keystone jacks and professionally made patch cords. I don't like the bulk especially when wiring from the IP camera side of a line (nowhere to stuff all the bulk) so I still stick with crimp ons where I feel the need to use them, but I make sure they are solid reliable crimps and have not seen any adverse effects in the many years of crimping.
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