How To Add a Network Jack To a wall Using Cat6 Cable
How to Punch Down a Cat5/E/Cat6 Ethernet Jack
In this video, we will explain the fastest, yet a comprehensive step-by-step guideline about how you can punch down your Cat5e/Cat6 Ethernet jack like a professional. For this purpose, you will require a few tools and info regarding the color coding of your wires that you will match with those on the ethernet jack. While following the steps as shown in the tutorial, you can set up a proper in-wall Cat5e/Cat6 connection and you’re good to go!
Steps:
1. score the Cable jacket to create a perforation
2. Break-off the portion of the cable jacket to expose wires inside.
3. use snips (scissors) to make a small notch in the cable jack.
4. pull back the rip cord to remove more jacket.
5. cut off excess cable jacket
6. untwist individual wires (sets of colored wires)
7. push the pairs of wires into groove according to the key map (Blue, Orange, Green, Brown).
8. Choose either A or B style for wire termination (if in doubt, choose B)
9. Use either the plastic insert tool or a Punch-down tool to fully insert the wires into the metal teeth within the jack.
10. removes excess wires.
11. install dust caps on jack.
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