I’m surprised how easy it was once you have all the right tools and a good tutorial to follow.

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    3 days ago

    Did you use cat7 or less? I mean sure we can’t crimp it to cat7 spec (I assume you can’t either) but the price difference is not much of a reason (here).

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      3 days ago

      There is no difference in the crimp between cat6 and cat7. None. Zero. It is the exact same process, the same pins.

      Cat7 has larger conductors and specific connectors to accommodate them, but you can still make a cat6 connector work on a cat7 cable with some elbow grease.

      It’s also totally pointless for 90% of use cases.

      The differences in spec come from the shielding material in the cable, and the number of twists, the connectors themselves are the same standard

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        3 days ago

        Yes, shielding. What I meant though, because they’re otherwise identical: do you purchase cat6 or cat7 or whichever is cheaper.