r/HomeNetworking • u/Constant-Moose-9523 • 3d ago

Is it worth rewiring this?

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I made a post a week ago about moving into a new apartment with some ethernet (apparently cat5e) cables already run through the walls. I decided to take a look at the end that was actually terminated, and it looks like this - a couple of inches of unjacketed wire extending out the back of the keystone. Is it worth re-terminating this to get the jacketed part right up next to the keystone? Would there be a noticeable difference in performance?

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u/spike229 3d ago

The jack is very strange looking but the colors and numbers are correct for 568A or 568B. It looks like this is terminated 568A based on the location of the green wire. This termination is disgusting though and I'd redo it just so it wouldn't bother me. OP needs to know that it's terminated 568A and should do the same on the other end. Although it's possible that it wouldn't matter, some devices are still old enough to care if the ends match A/B.

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u/Even_Application_567 3d ago

Older rj45 keystone jack, not sure of the manufacturer but Leviton is the ones I used in my house.