How do I terminate a trueCABLE RJ45 connector?Updated 5 months ago
Our Cable Academy has how-to blogs for just about everything, including how to terminate our RJ45 connectors! They have step-by-step instructions, detailed pictures, and even embedded videos so you can walk through the termination process with our technical experts!
The blogs below are broken down into different categories:
Cat5e RJ45 Connectors
- How To: Terminating a Cat5e Standard Push On Unshielded RJ45 Connector
- How To: Terminate an Unshielded Pass Through RJ45 Connector
- How To: Terminate a Shielded Cat5e Internal Ground Pass Through RJ45 Connector
Cat6/6A RJ45 Connectors
- How To: Terminating a Cat6-6A Standard Load Bar Unshielded RJ45 Connector
- How To: Terminate an Unshielded Pass Through RJ45 Connector
- How To: Terminate a Shielded Cat6/Cat6A Standard Load Bar RJ45 Connector With External Ground
- How To: Terminate a Shielded Cat6/6A External Ground Pass Through RJ45 Connector
- Cat6/6A Shielded RJ45 External Ground Collar Crimping Done Right
- Slaying the Dragon: RJ45 Termination of Cat6 Shielded Direct Burial Ethernet
- Terminating Cat6A Shielded Direct Burial Ethernet for Performance
Shielded Specific
- Shielded Ethernet with Unshielded Hardware - Don't Do It!
- How To: Copper Fabric Strips for Bonding Shielded Ethernet Cable
- Residential Bonding and Grounding of Shielded Ethernet Cable Systems
Other related blogs:
- What is an RJ45 Connector?
- Tips to Put RJ45 Connectors on Thick Ethernet Cable
- Cat6/6A Shielded RJ45 External Ground Collar Crimping Done Right
- Load Bar Staggered RJ45 Connectors: Do They Increase Ethernet Cable Performance?
- What Does a Bad Termination Look Like?
- Q&A: Are YOU terminating your Ethernet cable all wrong? You probably are!
- How To: Pass Through Crimp and Termination Tool
- Q&A: Do You Really Need to Bond Copper Communications Cable to Ground?