Help to Unwind mystery about Cat6a Flat Lan Cable Termination

[kssaran]

Hi,

I have made a mistake of running 30m long flat cable from modem point to my bedroom.

My problem now is, the end connector has been cut to attach to a face plate thinking that the cat6a punchdown keystone will work well. To my bad, it seems it is not possible to terminate a flat lan cable with a punchdown key stone.

Is it true?

I am also now not sure if i can crimp back with a RJ45 connector to directly plug the cable to the computer. But I wonder, if the RJ45 connector for flat cable is different from normal rounded cable.

Somebody with sound crimping knowledge kindly help me with this issue.

 

[CubanlB]

Patch cords are usually stranded and not suitable to be punched, as you have found out.

You can put an rj45 end on the end going to the PC and it should work. The fitting may not properly crimp to the jacket and will most likely be easy to damage.

Flat cables in general do not conform to cat5e, cat6,or cat6a specifications so if possible try to get some solid wire cat6 and re run the cable and punch it as you had planned.

The performance of the cable may or may not be what you are expecting, though you more than likely will get a 1 gbe connection if you get all the pairs crimped properly.

The sticky thread in this forum is a very good source of information on pulling and terminating cable.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2053136

 

[kssaran]

The fitting may not properly crimp to the jacket and will most likely be easy to damage.

Thanks for the reply CubanlB,
The width for normal RJ45 connector is bit too much compared to flat cable, that is quite small by width. Hence the fitting while trying to insert the cable into Rj45 connector is not get seated correctly. Like they misalign and two wires getting into one.

I will need a guided RJ45 connector for stranded flat cable of cat6a type.
Do you know where to get it?

 

[CubanlB]

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/qvs-10p...ectors-with-wire-loading-guide/228530631.html

If you can fit 2 of the wire pairs into one channel in an RJ45 the wire gauge may be way smaller than standard, and you may not be able to crimp it at all.

If at all possible, pull a new wire.

 

[RLGL]

why not get a cat 6 cable and splice the two together with a soldered connection?