Ensure proper termination and use correct connectors for CAT6 cables.
Ensure proper termination and use correct connectors for CAT6 cables.
Hello, your setup involves two rooms separated by 20 meters through conduits with a junction box in the middle. You're considering two options: routing cables from each room directly to the junction or running a longer cable between them. To ensure reliability, you'd need a consistent connection method that works regardless of which direction you try. Running a long cable might simplify things if you can manage the routing, but direct connections could be more straightforward and reduce potential issues.
While handling a CAT6 Solid cable (23AWG), I moved from one end to give it a push because it had stuck slightly. During the pushing motion, it curved around 100 degrees, nearly 90 degrees. The cable is of high quality, being a Monoprice CAT6. Is the bent section still intact or could it have broken inside? Ty?
I'd extract one cable. Secure a rope or similar to the cable, move it from the first room to the junction and remove the rope. Pull out the wire, then push the cable from the second room to the junction. Attach the rope to the cable and use it to move the cable back into the first room. If necessary, connect the wires with a coupler and a punch-down tool to fix them permanently: https://www.amazon.co.uk/rhinocables®-Gi...01MTCR8CA/. For cables that come with plugs, ethernet jacks might work too, though they'll likely need replacement every 2–3 years or more often.
Cat 6 has the plastic thingy in the middle, this will take most of the stress on a 90 degress bend, it should be fine. And the correct way to run the cable is 1 piece, if you can only run from "room to junction" you do that, then use one of them as a "draw wire" to pull in the second half of the final cable; there is always a cost to terminating and joining cables, you'll probably be fine @20 meters, but best practice is best practice.
Hey all, good to hear you've got the plastic spline in place. I actually pulled a 20-meter piece in, using a poly line, lots of lubricant, and a few tries with tricky knots.