On September 2, 2018 at 19:27, lippavisual said...
If the end device doesn’t have a grounded Ethernet port, then stp will not make a difference for the device. Stp, at that point, will only gain you a little extra interference rejection because of the foil.
Your question still doesn’t make sense though. The other end of your cable can be terminated with shielded RJ45 or jack.
Lippa,
The question is in relation to grounding the stp at both ends. The shielded RJ45 connector and jack generally have a physical connection to ground the shield and drain wire. I understand that you only want to ground on one end. If I actually earth ground at the patch panel, at which point is the other end of the cable get grounded? It sounds like your saying that if I ground at the patch panel, connect the shield and drain to the RJ45 or jack, use a shielded patch cable into the device, and the device has a grounded ethernet port than I will be grounded at both ends. Is that what you are saying?
