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CatX extenders are so cool

From Deavmi@VERT/KK4QBN to All on Fri Mar 31 11:02:04 2017

I was so happy when I found out that catX extenders were a thing with this:

http://www.takealot.com/ugreen-een-5m-cat6-utp-ethernet-rj45-ext-m-f/PLID438270 00
and this http://www.takealot.com/ugreen-rj45-8p8c-network-coupler-keyston/PLID40361930 (I like this one a lot)

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From Digital Man@VERT to Deavmi on Fri Mar 31 14:27:47 2017

Re: CatX extenders are so cool
By: Deavmi to All on Fri Mar 31 2017 11:02 am

I was so happy when I found out that catX extenders were a thing with this:

http://www.takealot.com/ugreen-een-5m-cat6-utp-ethernet-rj45-ext-m-f/PLID438 270 00
and this http://www.takealot.com/ugreen-rj45-8p8c-network-coupler-keyston/PL ID40361930 (I like this one a lot)

What purpose do they serve? Couldn't you just use a longer cat6 cable or a female-to-female coupler to connect to 2 shorter cat6 cables to make one long cable?

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From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Deavmi on Fri Mar 31 17:28:31 2017

Re: CatX extenders are so cool
By: Deavmi to All on Fri Mar 31 2017 11:02 am

I was so happy when I found out that catX extenders were a thing with this:

http://www.takealot.com/ugreen-een-5m-cat6-utp-ethernet-rj45-ext-m-f/PLID438 270 00
and this http://www.takealot.com/ugreen-rj45-8p8c-network-coupler-keyston/PL ID40361930 (I like this one a lot)

you should just get the correct cable size and not try to go past the spec of the cable.
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From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Deavmi on Tue Apr 4 07:18:08 2017

Re: CatX extenders are so cool
By: Deavmi to All on Fri Mar 31 2017 11:02 am

I was so happy when I found out that catX extenders were a thing with this:

When I did cabling, we used to use Cat 5 AT&T 104-type jacks (a "biscuit" surface mount jack with 2 CAT 5 jacks), and cross connect them to make a cross-over cable, or straight through to extend a cable.

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