cat 5e certification 1

[sjandsb]

What should a cat5e certification include? Do all the lines need to be terminated and connected? An install was done at my home and I think they are feeding me a line about what is necessary for a cat5e certification. sj

 

[franklin97355]

All pairs must be terminated. There are devices that certify Cat5 cables, ask for a printed report from their device if you have questions on the validity of their claims.

 

[mikeydidit]

These are the tests that are associated with 5E testing.

All Category 5E cables shall be tested for

• Wiremap
• Length
• Attenuation
• NEXT ( new limits )
• PS-NEXT ( power sum next )
• ELFEXT ( equal level far-end crosstalk )
• PS-ELFEXT ( power sum ELFEXT )
• Propagation delay
• Delay skew
• Return Loss


Mike Jones
LSUHSC

 

[Bobg1]

Are you sure they aren't just telling you that the cable they are using is certified for cat5e?
That can be a true statement without anything being terminated.
What you want is for the completed installation to BE cat5e cetified. Not jsut put together with cetified parts.