/diy/ here. I'm trying to wire my house with cat6a per Jow Forums's rec.
I'm trying to terminate it now, watching some howto videos, but my cable is different than the videos. I don't have the colored and striped wires with a separator in the middle, instead I have white with colored wires all individually wrapped. I guess the white that goes with that corresponding color is the same as a striped color one in other wires.
But this cable is so thick, I can't seem to even get it into a CAT6 termination.
What am I doing wrong? Is this the wrong cable or something?
Pic related is the wire. I'm dreading having to rerun this stuff.
The white striped wires are just the complement to the twisted pair for the sold wires. Blue/white is the complement to the solid blue. So if you have a white wire in a pair with the blue wire, then you can treat it as blue/white.
Levi Walker
Thanks.
I also ordered CAT6 RJ45 terminations, but I have no idea how I'm going to fit these wires into it. It seems way too tight when I try to connect my test cable?
One video I watched had little "cars" that you set the wires into and then feed them in. Mine is just single piece.
I've never seen connectors like that. There are probably slots in the end where the wires are supposed to line up in, like normal ones. That hole looks small to me. I learned to terminate ethernet by trial and error. If you can't figure it out, then connectors are cheap. Just get a box of normal ones from home depot or something
>One video I watched had little "cars" that you set the wires into and then feed them in. Mine is just single piece.
Some connectors have blocks to make it easier to insert all the wires. It's still fiddly but I like the blocks because they let you cut the wires to length after they are inserted.
You think they sent me cat7 by accident? It looks thicker than the Monoprice pictures...
Ethan Gomez
I should add it does say CAT6 on the side, but, crazier things have happened. This wire is massive compared to what I was expecting.
Luis Kelly
This looks like what I received.
Jordan Gray
You have to understand that network cables come in two flavors: Installation cable which is thicker and solid wires and flexible cable which is not as thick. Installation cable is used for - installation in walls - and requires a cat6 dose or patch field or rj45 modules. you do not put rj45 plugs on it usually. the flexible cable is for making patch and crossovercables - you put plugs on it.
Jonathan Rivera
True. This is how you do it properly, use solid wires for a permanent link. Terminate with RJ45 female connectors. Then hook up some RJ45 male-male patch cables.
Samuel Long
Oh, so I need to use a wall plate for this?
I'm trying to terminate the ends that go to the garage where the fiber comes into the house. And then I thought about having a plate at the rack but figured "why not just leave a spool and directly connect to the switch".
The garage especially I just wanted to connect directly into my fiber box (then I'll keep the modem in my rack).
Connor Sanchez
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BOARD fuck off to
Christopher Green
We focus on bunkers there.
Connor Green
Your wires in the pic are clearly in the correct order if you're concerned with that. I'd get the rj45s for cat6 they all have the cars and just slide it in
Jaxon Kelly
You can use either for anything. But wall cable is solid and not stranded so it doesn't bend all the time easily. You don't want to move it daily Crossover cables no longer exists
Isaiah Green
It's a bit tricky to get them inside in order if yours doesn't have those "cars", but feasible. It's trial and error. Make sure they are as flat and lined up as possible, cut them to equal lengths precisely and insert the cables into the connector. Sometimes one write will go over the others, but as long as it doesn't change the ordering, inside the connector the wires will line up correctly. Push the wires in until you can clearly see the copper in the other side in every single cable and lock it in place. Sometimes you mess it up, so make sure you're testing of they work correctly ahead of time
Camden Fisher
Don't use cat 5e, 6, or 7. Use Cat 6a. 10GBE equipment is dropping in price heavily. NICs can be bought for $100, switches can be found for $200.
Go cat 6a and run your lines to a patch panel.
Mason Price
You should of got a cablematters spool off Amazon.
I do this shit all day at work sometimes. Get a sharpie or screwdriver and hold it against the conductors to straighten them out, then carefully line up the conductors with the pinouts.
