No benefit really in a home environment. All the cameras run at 100 meg anyway. For the home, CAT6 is plenty even for streaming 1080p at full rate.isnt cat 7 better? or cat6a?
thanks.No benefit really in a home environment. All the cameras run at 100 meg anyway. For the home, CAT6 is plenty even for streaming 1080p at full rate.
UTP = Unshielded Twisted Pair. Helps cancel out electromagnetic interference (EMI) and keeps your speeds up.thanks.
what is the utp and what is shield vs unshielded, and what is twisted? What are they for?
I got the cables from E-Bay.yeah, I only make cables for the long ass runs to the cameras, 2 terminations and done lol. everything else I use already made stuff and just coil up the extra. I need to get a bunch of little shorties, might see if they have em on ebay cheaper than mono price, for patching from switch to POE midspan. Also about to hook up my replacement ultra bullet that Andy was awesome enough to warranty and play with it lol.
Yep. All my Ethernet runs are terminated to a patch panel which then use pre-made patch cables between networking equipment. If you want to get fancy you can even get custom lengths made.This is why I tell people to use patch panels and pre-made patch cables.
Negative. These are pics of the Monoprice ones, which are NO GOOD.
I've never seen the 3 piece suits in Australia and the standard 2 piece which are similar if not identical to the Monoprice you speak of are common as shit over here. I've used both those and the modular plugs without cable bar and I've never had one pull out unless you are bloody determined and even then they put up a pretty good fight.The 3 piece suits have the spreader/separator and hold the outer sleeve in place with a crimp bar.
Lol. Yep. Thats what you get when the electricians terminate your cables! They should stick to running 14/2, 12/2 and 14/3!
Good man! I figured it wasn't you who was to blame for that shoddy work but seriously.. how could you walk away from a job leaving cables in that state. Like you said electricians should stick to what their good at.
That's shitty. The ones I buy have a strain relief bar which the crimp tool pushes into the cable and locks it in.The Monoprice connectors listed above don't have the cable bar, they have these tiny "ears" for lack of a better description. The outer sheath/sleeve wiggles around when crimped more than I prefer, and that's with 23 AWG Cat 6. 24 AWG Cat5e moves around like it's in a washing machine.
me too, EZ RJ45 connectors, love them, perfect crimp every time, but expensive as fuck lol.That's shitty. The ones I buy have a strain relief bar which the crimp tool pushes into the cable and locks it in.
YES, that looks easier than the EZ connectors, I must have them.Three piece suit workflow.
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Money every time.
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