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Is it ok to use cat5e patches/jacks on cat6a cable for 10Gb

I understand that "technically" you are supposed to use cat6 cable jacks as well as cat6 patch panels. In practice I've seen cat6a plugged into cat5e patch panels, although I've never seen cat5e jacks on cat6a cable. It seemed to work fine. In…
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How to convert RJ45 wiring to RJ25

I have a RJ45 cable wiring. I need to use it to connect my printer to network. But the network socket that was available in my printer is RJ25 socket. I thought that i can wired cross cable which is used an RJ45 on one side, and RJ25 on the other…
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Label Scheme for Rack Mounted Equipment

Given a lot of the users on here have vast experience, what is the best way to label individual cables for equipment mounted in a rack? I was thinking something like: Port Number of Switch | U-Number | Server Interface Number (such as…
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Use "bad Ethernet frame counter" to debug Cat7 wiring issues

This question is about cabling quality problems in a Cat7 (10Gbps) network installation in an industrial environment, where fiddly M12 x-coded 8-pin connectors are used. In some cases, we are also running PoE over the cables. During the installation…
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3 dedicated wires for 3 VLANs between two switches: (M)STP failing

looking for a couple of hints from you we have a small but peculiar networking need: - 3 vlans, that are to be propagated among two L2 switches - we need to partition the vlans as much as possible, with the goal of keeping latency as much as…
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Voice patch panel wired to outer pair

Our Intertel phone system uses an unusual wiring scheme at the phone by using the outer pair (pins 2 and 5) of wires on a phone jack. I am looking for anyone that knows of a vendor that sells 24 port patch panels that have 25 pair Amphenol…
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Wiring up RJ45 plugs on a basic network extension

I'm trying to wire up a network in an outbuilding. Unfortunately the engineers have left me bar wires so I need to add plugs and sockets. I have a 1gbps socket in the outbuilding that connects to the main network. From here I have a wire that goes…
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kvm-over-ip, multiple machines per cable run

I'm looking at getting a kvm-over-ip setup for a server room. Typically these devices have 16 or so cat5 leads that come out of them and then a convertor that converts each cat5 into a vga & ps2 pair. Can you run one cable from the unit into a…
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Using T1 RJ48X extender to extend RJ45 from cable modem. Possible?

In our building, the demarc is on the complete opposite side from the network closet. So, the T1 is extended from the demarc with a CAT5E cable that runs across the building to the network closet and terminates at a RJ48X jack. From the RJ48X there…
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How to tell if specific twisted pair cable is of good quality?

How to decide if wiring in office / server room qualifies for replacement ?
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Using pre-made patch cables on a punch down block?

I need to add a 24 port switch to my wiring closet. In the (distant) past, I usually just punched each port of the switch to a 110 block on the wall (using hand-made cables), and cross connect between that and the 110 block that has the runs to…
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Powering a Patch Panel

So I'm in the process of replacing all the telephone wall plates with ethernet plates so I will have the choice to hardwire to the internet from any room if I so desire. right now I have my internet modem in my kitchen from there I have ethernet…
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Running CAT5e F/UTP together with power, without shielded plugs

I just ran about 20-30 meters of Solid CAT5e F/UTP cable from a switch to a shed where i have a server. About the last 1/3 of the way, its running together with a mains extension cable, that provides the power for the server. That's why i chose…
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is there a difference plug setup between cat 5 and cat 5e?

Is there a difference in either the RJ45 plug or the wiring into the plug (for 568B) between a Cat 5 and Cat 5e cable, used for connecting a router to a computer? Here's a little background info. I'm a newbie to networking so to learn I wired my…
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Patch panel confessions

So the old IT guy was a college student with no experience prior to be hired beyond some classes. The one before him had no experience at all and just did his best with what he had. Now I am here and we have some really bad packet loss problems... I…
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