flavor4real2
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A tech in our office told me that cat 6 is good but soon as u cut it by urself and put ends on it it will lose it speed and it will be like cat 5 .. is that truth
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Cat5 and Cat 6
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jimbopalmer
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Cat 6 (as is Cat 5) is a specification of not only the cable, but also the ends, the panels, the pulling force, the installation technique, the pin out, etc.
I have seen a lot of Cat 5 cable that could not do 100 meg because the 'installer' untwisted 3 inches of wire to put on ends, which ruins the run. I have seen a lot of Cat 5 where the installer did not make pins 1, 2, 3, & 6 into pairs. ruining the run. I have seen some Cat 5 runs that were terminated into odd, non Cat 5 faceplates, ruining the run.
If I had a site that needed Cat 6 (I would go to Cat 6A, unless you are sure Cat 6 'buys' you something you can't get in Cat 5e) I would use premade Cat 6 cables or hire an installer prepared to certify his work.
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
I have seen a lot of Cat 5 cable that could not do 100 meg because the 'installer' untwisted 3 inches of wire to put on ends, which ruins the run. I have seen a lot of Cat 5 where the installer did not make pins 1, 2, 3, & 6 into pairs. ruining the run. I have seen some Cat 5 runs that were terminated into odd, non Cat 5 faceplates, ruining the run.
If I had a site that needed Cat 6 (I would go to Cat 6A, unless you are sure Cat 6 'buys' you something you can't get in Cat 5e) I would use premade Cat 6 cables or hire an installer prepared to certify his work.
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
I heard it was because of the ethers falling out from the Ethernet cable when they cut the cable. If that's the case, they may want to consider changing it to fiber and punching it down to a 66 block instead.
Seriously...... cable dynamics can be affected by poor or improper installation techniques not cutting it off a reel. A CAT5 connector on a CAT6e cable will only give you CAT5 speeds. A CAT7 connector on a CAT6e cable will give CAT6e speeds. The lowest rated (Categorized = CAT) piece of hardware determines the speed.
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Peter Buitenhek
ProfitDeveloper.com
Seriously...... cable dynamics can be affected by poor or improper installation techniques not cutting it off a reel. A CAT5 connector on a CAT6e cable will only give you CAT5 speeds. A CAT7 connector on a CAT6e cable will give CAT6e speeds. The lowest rated (Categorized = CAT) piece of hardware determines the speed.
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Peter Buitenhek
ProfitDeveloper.com
The best fubar I have seen with a contractor with Cat5 was, during a remodel, he wanted to re-use existing cable instead of making a new run. Not a big deal normally, except a cable was 15 feet short, so instead of making a new run, he stripped the cable back about a foot, took the wraps out of the pairs and joined that cable to a scrap piece using none other than monkey rubbers. Oh the look on his face when that network cable didn't work, priceless
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