RE: House wiring - follow up

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

A friend of a friend runs a cable company in Basingstoke and he reckons
that using shielded cable without the accompanying hardware actually
*REDUCES* the effectiveness of the network as the shielding on the
cables - unless correctly terminated - as the shielding alters the
electrical characteristics of the cable. (So I'm told.)

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham P. Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 21 December 2001 09:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] House wiring - follow up
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> You also need shielded patch panels and shielded ports, it=20
> can get rather expensive to go down that route. As Phil says,=20
> there is no need for shielding in many environments. I have=20
> CCTV being sent down unshielded CAT5 without any problem.
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> Regards
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> Graham
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 December 2001 08:19
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] House wiring - follow up
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> But CAT5e isn't shielded ... just as CAT5 isn't shielded. As=20
> you have just said, STP *IS* shielded but that's not what you said.
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> Anyone just coming into this could have gone off to buy a=20
> roll of CAT5e and then think they've been screwed because it=20
> wasn't shielded ... plus of course to take advantage of the=20
> shielded CAT5 you have to use shielded plugs too. There is no=20
> need (unless you are in a really electrically noisy=20
> environment) to use shielded CAT5/CAT5e.
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> Phil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: simon rafferty [mailto:musashi1977uk@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 21 December 2001 01:21
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] House wiring - follow up
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>   Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx> wrote:=20
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> My only advice is use CAT5e (shielded) for your CAT5. Where=20
> you think you will need 2 cables run at least 3.=20
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> <<CAT5e is not shielded.>>=20
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> It is if you use STP cable rather than yhe UTP kind
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