How Do You Terminate Cat5 Cable?

[SSNapier]

I would highly recommend that if you have the money you use Platinum Tools EZ-RJ45 connectors.

We use these at my shop, but if you are doing low volume it is tough to justify the costs.

 

[biggie]

Agreed..

 

[pal251]

Just make sure you keep the twist right up to the connection. Like the way he has the bracket upside down. lol

Why because he is starting at port 12?

 

[nayr]

because thats one of the vertical wall mount patch panels, usually you route the wires out the bottom, so you start with #12 and layer all the wires ontop until you reach #1

you want to keep the pairs twisted as much as you can get away with to prevent cross talk from all those wires terminating together.. ethernet depends on the twists to get that many signals in the same jacket.

if you were leading in from the top like pictured below you would start @ #1

 

[bob2701]

Yes, keep the twist right up to the connector to keep the integrity of the cat5e.

 

[pal251]

Last one I did I started from.the end and worked back I think for sone reason, makes sense though

 

[nayr]

smaller patch panels like that it wont matter a whole lot.. but when you have 48/96 cables coming out of the back of one it gets really tight and you gotta layer things very cleanly

 

[JohnnyBoy]

I have preexisting Cat5 in my house that I need to terminate with RJ45 plugs. Do you use T568A or T568B standard for IP cameras or does it matter?

Thanks,
Derek

Disagree with the comments saying use type B.

IMO, you should see what is already installed in your house and stick with that standard, wether A or B. The last thing you want is a mix of wiring standards in your house

 

[fenderman]

Disagree with the comments saying use type B.

IMO, you should see what is already installed in your house and stick with that standard, wether A or B. The last thing you want is a mix of wiring standards in your house

If you read the OP, no preexisting standard is mentioned. B should be used.

 

[JohnnyBoy]

I read the OP that pre existing wiring was in place.

It maybe that the wire was pre existing but not terminated in which case I agree with B. But again as long as one standard is used throughout the house it doesn't matter