Below is an article on how best to terminate bulk CAT5E or CAT6 or above cable. And it's not the RJ45 plugs I have been using. (I use the Platnium Tools shielded RJ45 passthru plugs).
It's hard to determine if your network cable is causing you any problems without a expensive meter.
Example: 200 feet of CAT6 cable. RJ45 plug crimped on each end. Unifi switches show 1Gbs connection. Sounds fine right?
Fluke LinkIQ shows the connection only passes at 10Mbs.
So the switches handle errors that might occur. But likely would get better throughput if it passed the Fluke LinkIQ at 1Gbs.
I intend to try upgrading to field termination and see what the Fluke says.
It's hard to determine if your network cable is causing you any problems without a expensive meter.
Example: 200 feet of CAT6 cable. RJ45 plug crimped on each end. Unifi switches show 1Gbs connection. Sounds fine right?
Fluke LinkIQ shows the connection only passes at 10Mbs.
So the switches handle errors that might occur. But likely would get better throughput if it passed the Fluke LinkIQ at 1Gbs.
I intend to try upgrading to field termination and see what the Fluke says.
Terminating Pass-Through RJ45 Connectors onto Solid Copper Ethernet Cable -- A Really Bad Idea?
A question that keeps coming up is “Do pass-through RJ45 connector plugs not work as well as the standard solid nosed kind?” We also get asked if pass-through RJ45 connectors pose any additional particular troubles with power over Ethernet (PoE). Typically, the question is followed by real life...
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