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Correct Keystone?

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rotorrocket

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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
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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...
 
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 🙂
 
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
 
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.
 
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