Cat 6 Cable Wire Order

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Cat 6 cable wire order.

For a standard straight through cable repeat all steps and wire color order on the other end of cable. With the connector pins facing up carefully insert the wires into the connector. If you are pulling cables through holes its easier to attach the rj 45 plugs after the cable is pulled. Bulk cat 5 5e cat 6 6a or cat 7 or higher ethernet cables as per your requirement.

Some instructions to make cat6 patch cable. 1 2 inch from the end of the cable jacket. Note the maximum cable length of cat 5 cat 5e or cat 6 ethernet cable is 328 feet or 100 meters. The cable standard specifies performance of up to 250 mhz compared to 100 mhz for cat 5 and cat 5e.

These cables can accommodate 10 gigabit ethernet connections over a limited distance 164 feet for a single cable. The total length of wire segments between a pc and a hub or between two pc s cannot exceed 100 meters 328 feet for 100base tx and 300 meters for. To cut and strip the wires. Pull the cable off the reel to the desired length and cut.

Untwist the wire pairs. 8p8c modular connector jacks and 110 punch. As you may know you need to cut out the spine from a cat 6 cables before inserting into the ethernet cable plug. Apply a moderate amount of force in order to properly seat the wires against the contacts in the connector.

How cat 6 cable works. Cat 6 ethernet cable 100 ft flat white slim long internet network lan patch cords solid cat6 high speed computer wire with clips rj45 connectors for router modem faster than cat5e cat5 100 feet. Pins 1 and 2 form a pair as do 3 and 6 4 and 5 and 7 and 8. For a cross over cable the other end will have a different color order as shown by the crossover picture above.

See precision cutting tool step 6. Category 6 cables support gigabit ethernet data rates of 1 gigabit per second. Use a sharp cutting tool so as not to squash the wire ends. Cables that are terminated with differing standards on each end will not function.

Cat 6 has to meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than cat 5 and cat 5e. You can also choose from plenum or riser rated. Lanshack offers cat 5 patch cables cat 6 patch cables and cat 6a patch cables in shielded and unshielded types. Cat 6 cable contains four pairs of copper wire and uses all the pairs for signaling to obtain its high level of performance.

Untwist the wire pairs and neatly align them in your chosen orientation based on the rj45 pinout my pinout poem the table s above or the rj45 ethernet pinout image below t568b shown. If you are unsure about the type of cable needed for your job a sales representative is always available to take your call and offer assistance.