[PLUG] cat 5E patch cable

[tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com]

Thanks for the response Rich,

Reading your suggestion, I realized that I might not check for shorts on the
final product. I fave rechecked it - no opens, no shorts.

Multimeter is a device for two point measuring voltage, current, resistance,
etc. Mine also has a beeper that is what I used.

So, I clamped the re-crimped ends and measured the continuity and shorts with
the 2 probes. I did have one bad continuity along the way caused by wire cut by
my crimping tool wire end cutter. Not anymore.

Thanks,
Tomas

On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 14:20 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > I have this very special cat5e patch cable - which I am now really attached
> > to.
> > The cable has good end to end continuity test, but only works at 100Mb/s.
> > 
> > Any ideas what this could be caused by - realistically verifiable ideas only
> > please?
> 
> Tomas,
> 
> Did you use a RJ-45 tester? The ones I have will show mis-wired, shorted, or
> open connections and the speed it's capable of running. What I read in your
> post is a continuity test with a multi-meter. If you want to send the cable
> to me I'll test it for you with a specific CAT cable tester.
> 
> Rich
> 
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