Terminating Cat 6 Plugs 

+Jonathan Wolff Jonathan yes I know the video and audio pretty much suck. I made that video before I had better equipment. Funny you sent a note it is on my list to reshoot as the new plugs are slightly different. I appreciate the comment. Ron

Hello these are RJ-45 8 pin connectors so just buy a plug for the four pin style RJ-11 connecotors. I am not sure how it should be wired for your application though have fu Ron

+Doug Webb Doug yes I know we changed the connector. That old video gets a lot of views and I added two annotations that play throughout the video that will take you to a short or long version of a video showing the new design. Did you not see them? The reason we made the change people were not trimming the conductors flush with the end of the second part and when it was inserted in the body the pins would not line up with the slots in that second part. The new design helps prevent that problem. I thought the same thing the first one I did and after making a few and understanding why we made the change I don't mind the new design. A little practice goes a long way.As far as testing the wire we do sell very expensive testers that can test the cable to the Cat5e or Cat 6 spec. Keep in mind they support 1000 mbps or Gigabit Ethernet. The speeds your getting from your service provider are probably not close to that. If the cable your using has good continuity between both ends it will not slow down what you are getting from the provider. Wireless is as you say open to more interference that may slow things down.Thanks for the comment. Ron

+Ron Kipper Datacomm Thanks for getting back Ron, I really appreciate that. My bad. I didn't see the links to the newer videos (but I do now, they are there - top right of the screen). I watched your video about 20 times, pausing it as I went, figuring it out. Last night was the first time I had ever wired up an RJ45 connector in my life. I figured that when the wires would not pass through the liner that the design had changed. The new video also has a LOT better light too! I've got a pile of connections to make and last night was just the first one. But the cable does appear to be working. My internet provider is Bell Canada and the speed is supposed to be 50 Meg. My modem is in the basement, so as you go up through the house, the wife speed drops off hugely so. I much prefer hard wired for everything (TV, Security, phone, internet). It's just better. As part of a major home reno, I'm running CAT6, security, voice, and RG6 home-runs everywhere throughout the house. If I'm standing right beside the modem using wifi, I do get speeds of 60 meg (more than promised), but if I go up a floor, it drops to 35. Up another floor and it drops to 25) My PC seems to be able to function OK, but my wife's Macbook really really suffers when wireless. So last night after successfully wiring my first CAT6 run, I plugged in my laptop and speed went from 35 wireless to 60 when hardwired. So I believe it's working. The video is great, thanks again for your help. Cheers

+Doug Webb Doug can you move the wireless router to the first floor? Or add a wireless access point to each floor. That would solve your wireless speed drop off throughout the house. It can be fixed and I appreciate the feedback. Ron

Andrew Kaupa Andrew glad it could help you. Most of the Cat 6 cables today do not have a spline but some may still. Thanks for watchingRon

Yep the first connector is always the hardest to get done. Take care Ron

rodzilla72 Rodzilla I can't help what Amazon sales them for. Did you watch up to 6:40 in the video? I have a little trick of trimming the conductors before inserting them in the slider. I tell guys the first one they make is never in front of a customer..........if you need me leave me a message ron.kipper@idealindustries.com

It is funny people either love or hate the three piece Cat 6 plug. Me personnally I would use a one piece standard Cat 6 plug. The feed-thru are nice if you are new to installing plugs on cable and some folks don't like the fact the conductors are exposed at the end. Either way you go should work Ron

I tried the non pass thro ones (one piece) and it wasn't as hard as i expected to push the cores in. I think its because i bought the staggered rj45 plugs. I've not tried the pass through ones so i haven't got anything to compare with. Thanks for your feedback

Glen Howard Glen good to hear from you. These are 3 piece Cat 6 plugs we sell at IDEAL. You can find them at a local electrical supply house or at Home Depot or Lowes. By making them 3 parts we take a lot of user error out of making a good connection. I tell guys to never put the first one on in front of a customer...................takes a little practice.Ron

beckon&muse No I do not recognize that number not one of ours. That was a 30-496 TeleMaster or you could look up the 30-696 Ratcheting Telemaster. The plugs should work with about anyone's crimper.Take CareRon

OK DFW Quan good luck we also have a new one piece Cat 6 plug you might like better look for the 85-367. Have fun Ron

wnleon Thanks for watching. I have not tried to make a shielded plug. Who's connectors are you using I might give it a try.You might be better off just buying the patchcords.Take CareRon

Tim Ramich Tim good to hear from you. I checked our suggested trade which is $57 per hundred so about 57 cents a piece and Lowe's and Home Depot have them at $9.98 for a pack of 25 which is like 40 cents apiece. Not sure where you are getting them or the price you mention.I will say we do sell industry compliant connectors that comply with FCC Part 68 and do have the full 50 microns of gold on the contacts so they can be inserted and extracted a bunch before you wear thru the plating. Many manufactures probably could not tell you how thick their plating actually is.Thanks for watching and keeping my on my toes.........Ron

Tim Ramich Tim I screwed up Lowes has them for $15.18 for a pack of 25 which is 61 cents each. HD has them for $17.18 or 69 cents. Ron

***** Hi Ron, Do I ask for 3 part RJ45 plugs at Home Depot? Thanks...Dom

WVURaven Tom yes you could and would it support 1000BaseT ethernet. Probably. It may not pass a certification test but I'm pretty sure it would work. We would normally tell people not to do that as the system is rated by it weakest link. Thanks for watching

gir489 The term RJ-45 actually is a phone thing not data. Which is why dta guys call the 8 position modular plugs not RJ-45. Hope that helps and thanks for watching

What the plugs are rated for should be on the packaging. We have new one piece versions of this plu look for the 85-367 from IDEAL. Thanks Ron

Dave2791 Dave good to hear from you. Noit does not seem to matter which end is put on first with the sled. I have had people ask before and I have done it both ways and it seem to work either way.take CareRon

Anthony if you are using the cable for Gigabit Ethernet I'm pretty sure the Cat 5e plugs will work. I'm not sure if it supports 350 MHz though. The new plug design the wire must be trimmed and then the liner goes on and the wires do not pass through like the older design. Hope that helps. Ron

Thanks Ron - I was able to terminate. Was my error I was expecting wires to pass through liner but stand corrected. Appreciate your help!

ok i got it. I must have blinked. I see it now earlier. thanks

Hey good to hear from you appreciate the comment. Take care Ron

Russ not a bad idea appreciate it. Ron

Jesse Montague Practice baby............Some Cat 6 has thick jacketing and it adds to the problem. Appreciate you watching

Andy nice to hear from you! Glad you can use the info most of the datacomm or low voltage stuff is not hard to understand just a little practice. Ron

+Smart Investor Hey good to hear from you. I cover that is this video.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xmU4mwypzOI.html&feature=player_detailpage#t=155A plug rated for solid wire can be used on solid or stranded wire while a plug rated for stranded usually can only be used on stranded. The difference is the pins solid has 3 teeth and stranded usually just 2.hope that helpsRon

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+Eric “XgamerericX” Hansen Eric if you are using our connector the wires should go all the way through and the liner should slide down and touch the 1st part of the connector. Who's plugs do you haveThanks for watching.Ron

I bought this a while back. Shaxon UL725-KIT. I wanted to do ethernet throughout the house.

Ben Roberts These 3 piece plugs can drive you crazy the first time you make one up. However they take a lot of "user error" out of the equation. You have to use all the parts correctly and it will make a great Cat 6 connection.

+Ben Roberts agree. i've made thousands of cat5/5e's without fail. did the same thing with this new cat6 + insert and it fails even though observation it looks perfect. no clue. hence another youtube tutorial. ;) round 2..

pictureBigger These Ideal plugs in the video actually were pretty reliable for me, it was the Monoprice ones without the sled, just the wedge insert that I had a hard time with, though I eventually got those consistent as well.

Hi Ben as long as the connections are still good you should be alright Ethernet is pretty robust. However if you want to make it right putting on the connectors aren't that bad. Ron

All the connections are good, so ill leave the cables as is for now .. Thanks for the confirmation and clarification

when I was practicing the method on a piece of scrap cable, I did the same thing and crimped down onto the wires instead of the jacket and it worked fine. But yeah the goal is definitely to get that triangle piece in the sheath to crimp down onto the jacket.

Jhonatan not sure what you are asking but yes these are modular plugs. We have a new one piece deign that is better look for the 85-367 from IDEAL. Ron

Timothy Pool Tim I will bet your conductors are not straight enough! Cat 6 is really tested and you need to get all the little twists and kinks out before installing them in the slider. Then trim the conductors flush with the end and insert that assembly in the body and make sure to fully insert the assembly. If you need more help send me an email ron.kipper@idealindustries.com

***** Hi Ron, its not that I am unable or doing it improperly, its that the slider makes it physically impossible to slide the wires all the way through as its only open on one side (the side you stick the wires through). I've been able to terminate the lines if I cut them really short before sticking them in the slider - just wish I had sliders like how you have where you can slide the wires all the way through it.

Tim are you saying the slider only has an opening on one end and the wires cannot slide all the way through. call my cell maybe I -can help 815-341-3537

I am actually having this EXACT issue with cat 6 cable load bars that came with a Shaxon home networking kit (1000' of cable, crimping tool, RJ-45 jacks, etc.). I haven't been able to push the conductors through the load bar because only one side is open. Were y'all able to figure this out? Geoff

Geoffrey Garber Man I tried to look at what the plugs look like when I search for that kit. It looks like they are one piece not three pieces like our Cat 6 plugs. I assume you put them on the same as a Cat 5e plug. You mention the load bar but I did not see one. Sorry I was not much help just never have seen the connector. Good luck Ron

+Robots4Sale You can find Cat 6 plugs that bare not 3 parts. We use 3 parts connectors to get better performance consistently when marking the plugs. Cat 6 is about 12 times better in reducing noise so the plugs must be better too. They are not bad after making a few. good to hear from you. Ron

+Ron Kipper Datacomm look at this ebay auction and tell me if thats all i need, or is it supposed to have the sliders and inserts also? i will use a normal crimp connector www.ebay.com/itm/100-X-pcs-RJ45-Plug-Cat6-Modular-LAN-Network-Connector-Internet-Ethernet-Cable-E-/201300084519?hash=item2ede6b8727:g:NkcAAOSwPYZU9lhS

I found the ideal ones at homedepot. They got 3 parts.

If you are not worried about passing a certification test the single piece plugs will usually work fine for Ethernet. Ron

Ron Kipper Datacomm what do u mean by, "not worried about passing a cert test", I've only used the single piece connectors, gotten down to about a minute on a bad untwist, layout, insert and crimp

That is a lot of summer.......

William Turczynski William which Cat 6 specification are you referring to? I'll be glad to look at it.Ron

***** Sorry, I edited my post before noticing your reply!

Cool the 1/2" is what I believe the TIA 568 standards mention. Thanks for watching

***** Correct, I asked them where that came from but they haven't responded to a post since that video was posted in 2012 so I don't expect one either.

William Turczynski If you are using the cable for Gigabit Ethernet you will find you can untwist quite a bit and it will still work. It may not pass a certification test........................but it work for Ethernet.Ron

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Appreciate the comment! Ron

Sorry about that I have been accused of talking too fast. Ron

Hey thanks that video is getting a little old as we do have a one piece Cat 6 design and a feed-thru version too. The RJ-45 design is such a simple thing yet here we are still using it! Ron

Agreed. Still an amazing tutorial regardless of the age.

+Like Seap You are welcome I need to update the video the connectors have changed slightly.Ron

Bob Mack Bob good to hear from you. You can tell what kind of cable they are installing by looking at the cable itself. Every 2 feet it will be labeled and will tell you what kind of cable it is. So just pick up one end of the cable and look at the printing.Good Luck Ron

***** Thank you very much. Next question. Of course I would want cat 6 connectors on the ends but the installers say to themselves, "dang, we don't have any cat 6 connectors, lets just use cat 5e...he will never know the difference". Can cat 5e connectors fit on a cat 6 cable...how would I be able to tell?

Bob yes you can put Cat 5e plugs on a Cat 6 cable and it will probably work for basic Ethernet. It may not pass a certification test which is the only way to know for sure that the cable is still Cat 6 rated. For inwall installations usually a jack is used at the wall outlet and it should say on it what it is rated for. Good luck Ron

***** Thanks Bob..They have looked where my DSL is coming from (jack in bedroom) and I believe that they will be going from the nearby modem to the gigabit switch.

Bob Mack Cat 6 is always a little more money so he should have no trouble putting it in as he will make a little more as well. The Cat 5e would be OK but as I tell people Cat 6 will take you further into the future. I had a guy reply he only would use Cat 7 which is in Europe and a shielded cable that is about $800 a box. That is way over kill..............

Felix Perez Felix you can buy them at any electrical supply house that carries IDEAL products. They are also available at Home Depot and Lowes.Thanks for watchingRon

+Ron Kipper Datacomm Ya sold me. Read your comment yesterday, and today I went over to Home Depot and finally crimped one of these bad boys. I have to say though, I had real trouble pushing wires through the first and last liner holes. I had to strip the wire to the bare, uh, wire, and thread _that_ through. Then I pulled from the other end.

Man that is an old video but the content still holds true. Thanks for watching the channel. Ron

Daniel please used the links imbedded in the video to see the new version of the plug. Ron

Very helpful, thanks for making this video

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***** You might have me there..................would you believe that is the #2 most watched video? Part of me says redo it and pull that old video put not yet. Thanks for watchingRon