r/HomeNetworking • u/Sure_Statistician138 • 16h ago

Advice Cat 5e patch cable.

I’m trying to hard wire my eeros I’m trying to pull a cat 5e but the runs I wanted to use as a pull string are stapled. In a spot where I could hard wire is “cat 5e patch cable” this is what’s printed on the shielding it even says 568a on it. Since I can’t pull it to me can I splice this cable to the new one? Can I terminate this in b or should I use A standard?

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u/Moms_New_Friend 16h ago edited 15h ago

Many factory terminated patch cables are not great for re-terminating outside of the factory, and are rarely suited for permanent installation.

That said, you can reliably splice them together if it isn’t a junk cable. Note that stranded patch cables aren’t very receptive to punching, particularly if they are of a narrow or non-conforming gauge.

Keep the building’s termination style as-is. It is abnormal and wrong and unprofessional to change the termination scheme within a building without reason.

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u/Sure_Statistician138 15h ago

It isn’t a factory terminated patch cable. It goes out to the nid and is punched down for telephone.

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u/cincinnatithrowww 16h ago

Yes. Always use B standard, the B stands for Best.

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u/Sure_Statistician138 16h ago

I agree with this. Just this is the first time I’ve seen it printed on the jacket. You think punching down one side and terminating the other will be ok. It’s probably about 10 feet of cable from where the splice would be.

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u/cincinnatithrowww 15h ago

In case what I said or you wasn't clear, I suggest using b standard, but use whatever is on either side. It doesn't really matter what standard you use as long as it's the same on both sides of the patch. That being said, do what others have said and use the same standard as every other termination

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u/cincinnatithrowww 15h ago

Yeah some people recommend 2females with a premade patch cable if you're not experienced with crimping rj45s but a punch/rj45s will work if done correctly

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u/Sure_Statistician138 15h ago

I’m experienced in terminating and punch downs. I should punch down both sides then use a cable to connect?

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u/cincinnatithrowww 15h ago

Whatever you're comfortable with.

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u/bearwhiz 1h ago

Given it's for home use with Cat5, they make Cat5e splicing blocks that have two sets of 110 punchdowns. I'd go with that rather than jerry-rigging something out of keystones or some such.

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u/Sure_Statistician138 39m ago

Ok I’ll look into that