Correct Keystone?

[rotorrocket]

Purchased CAT5e cable on ebay but don't know which keystone works best with it.

Can I use a tooless keystone or punch down? Evidently the tooless works with 23~24 AWG Solid Ethernet cable and stranded Ethernet cable uses a punch-down style keystone jack.

Is there an easy way to tell which cable I have?


ebay link

 

[drebo]

That's more than likely stranded cable. Generally you aren't going to punch stranded cable into a keystone. Based on the tooless keystones I've used versus the punch-down keystones, I'd say that the tooless keystones are more likely to hold a stranded cable. That's just in my experience, though. I've never tried to punch down stranded CAT5, though.

 

[imagoon]

Stranded cable won't seat in to a keystone.

 

[rotorrocket]

I linked the keystone I'm looking at for the cabling. I'm concerned about the caveat in red.... "This product is intended for use with 23~24 AWG Solid Ethernet cable. It will not work well with stranded Ethernet cable. If you're using stranded Ethernet cable, please use a punch-down style keystone jack."

Monoprice Keystone

Should I just go with the punch down type to be safe?

Thanks

 

[RebateMonger]

This page at Monoprice.com seems to have some Keystone jacks intended for stranded cables. But it looks like all of them are intended for CAT6 cable:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10513

As already noted, standard practice is to use solid cable for permanent wiring, with Keystone jacks at each end. Stranded cable is normally used in factory-built patch cables (like you purchased from eBay) and isn't normally used with Keystones.

Also, use of a 100 ft. stranded cable (or a length near that) could cause reduced data transfer speed and increased errors.

 

[spidey07]

If it's stranded cable it's effectively useless. That's for patch cables and even then crimping ends on correctly is about impossible with hand tools.

 

[rotorrocket]

Sorry for my lack of knowledge on the cabling.

So I can't cut off the ends and connect to a keystone? Maybe use a coupler?

Would this cable be better? It should be able to use the tooless keystone... right?

Says it's 350MHz UTP Cat5e RJ45 Gold-Plated 26 AWG Enhanced Network Cable...

 

[Emulex]

350mhz is cat3? i thought normal cable was 500/550 now maybe i'm thinking cat6.

1. ALWAYS buy pre-made cat6/cat5e period. do not crimp any cables. the government doesn't do it - because it has led to catastrophic failures.

2. keystones are cool even at cat 6 since its still a punch down. but the other end of the wire needs to be a punchdown block (48 port cat6).

you running through any walls? desks? get plenum rated - or firemarshall bill will slap you with a fish

 

[rotorrocket]

my idea is to run cable from my router room into the living room (about 50ft) so I can be "wired" for video streaming. Both rooms have outside walls and are on the ground level. I plan to just lay the wire outside and bring into the house. What supplies do I need to compete the cabling project? I would like to have outlet connections since it looks the cleanest... Don't know about cables/keystones/couplers. Please help

Sincerely,

Confused

 

[Emulex]

google 1mm flatwire cat6 - good stuff. can go through windows (closed), under carpet, door jams, baseboards. i'd had some outside for 2years now. solid. have alot of video surveillance (older) mjpeg based so i push a ton of bandwidth around the house. its cheap too. paintable. nobody will notice it.

ghetto? yes. works without drilling into hardwoods/external walls? hells yeah.