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Cat5 extenders using a patch panel
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Post 16 made on Friday August 18, 2017 at 13:41
Ernie Gilman
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On August 17, 2017 at 20:58, jesterselv said...
Cheapest ones I can find. [Link: amazon.com]

I was about to order some of these for use with CAT5 when I noticed it says CAT6. Is there anything about this CAT6 device that would be a problem with CAT5?
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Post 17 made on Saturday August 19, 2017 at 09:39
jesterselv
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On August 18, 2017 at 13:41, Ernie Gilman said...
I was about to order some of these for use with CAT5 when I noticed it says CAT6. Is there anything about this CAT6 device that would be a problem with CAT5?

I've never had an issue using them with cat5. I'd like to think that since cat6 is thicker gauge my thought would be that the prongs in these couplers are thicker as well, creating more point of contact? Don't know the answer for sure, but I've never had any worse luck with them over cat-5 ones.
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Post 18 made on Sunday August 20, 2017 at 08:47
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On August 16, 2017 at 09:49, cma said...
I've never had an issue with baluns/extenders and keystone jacks and patch panels for what it's worth.

Wow, this is kind of shocking to me...I've had trouble so many times with just a cat5 crimped directly on each end, I would've thought this would cause all sorts of extra service calls.

What kind of extenders/baluns?
Post 19 made on Sunday August 20, 2017 at 11:20
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Most manufacturers begrudgingly allow two breaks in the cat with HDbaseT...why don't they recommend/"support" it? To minimize installer error. Same holds true, partially, with EZ ends.
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