How to make a u/FTP cable?

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Patrick Pennarts

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Hey there guys,

My family in law has a cat. 6 U/FTP cable of about 100 meter, but no RJ45 connectors connected yet.

I have made a few normal UTP cables in previous years, but this is different. These colored cables are too big to fit in a normal RJ45 connector.

Now, today I bought some special FTP connectors at the local hardware store, pictured below

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Now, I guess I am supposed to put the cables in this "organiser" thing on the left, but even that I fail to do.

Can someone provide me with a good tutorial on how to do this? The only things I can find are how to make normal UTP cables or explanations on what FTP cables are. But not how to make a FRP cable exactly with that organiser thingy included.

Thanks
 
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Not concerned about speed per se as much as some adverse effect due to the shielding and some grounding (or lack thereof) problem being encountered.

Also curious as to the original source and use of that cable. Not relevant per se but would be good to know..

Any specs printed on the cable? Might prove useful and helpful to post accordingly....

Trusting that you found the necessary procedure, terminate the cable, hook everything up and see if it all works.

If not, then will need to "regroup".

There are some very experienced folks within this forum and hopefully there will be other suggestions and ideas. Fine with me.

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The following links should provide a good start:

http://cabling.att.com/includes/U-FTP_vs_F-UTP_CAT6A_LAN_Cables.pdf

http://www.universalnetworks.co.uk/faq/copper/what-does-utp-ftp-stp-or-sftp-mean

The wording you need to use is "terminate".

E.g., Google "terminate cat6 ftp cable"

However, before going much farther suggest that you provide more information about the installation environment and requirements.

I suspect that you have good intentions with respect to using what is available (i.e., the 100 meters of cable) but somewhat concerned that it may cause more problems in the long run.

Would hope to get some other thoughts and ideas for you.
 
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Patrick Pennarts

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@ralston18 Thanks for the link!

This is indeed not the full story.
The full story is that my family in law are actually farmers, milk industry more specifically.

Just for fun I bought them this little security camera which works over IP. But the area they wanted supervised has no WiFi coverage. However, they did have this 100m FTP cable running through their barn, running from the modem to the area where WIFI is needed. All I have to do is connect an Access Point there and connect the camera.

I get your concern for speed loss, but that wont be necessary as the only thing connected will be the camera.

 
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Not concerned about speed per se as much as some adverse effect due to the shielding and some grounding (or lack thereof) problem being encountered.

Also curious as to the original source and use of that cable. Not relevant per se but would be good to know..

Any specs printed on the cable? Might prove useful and helpful to post accordingly....

Trusting that you found the necessary procedure, terminate the cable, hook everything up and see if it all works.

If not, then will need to "regroup".

There are some very experienced folks within this forum and hopefully there will be other suggestions and ideas. Fine with me.

 
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Patrick Pennarts

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I think I did find it the solution, link here: https://youtu.be/G1fKSrQtvgQ

They never used that cable, but installed it in case they would ever install a network inside their cow barn. It was installed for them by a technician I presume, and maybe he purposely installed a FTP cable, as I guess it is more resistent because of the aluminium, maybe more moist resistent etc.? I'm no expert and my crimping is probably not the best, but still cheaper than letting a technician come back again. The only thing I found out from the video is that I should cut the wires 45 degrees first for them to fit in that organiser thingy.. that also had a name.

Anyways, thanks so much! I will send you a PM soon with some cable info
 
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