How To REPAIR or EXTEND a CAT5e / CAT 6 Network Ethernet cable using a junction box

[@babitamitchell5642]

Thank you so much for this. My cable is damaged all the way in the garden, that’s 87 m away. I’ve been told to replace the entire cable which means damage to my ceiling where the cable runs. Now, i know how to repair the cable to avoid all the expense and damage. Thank you again.

[@CarltonSmith45]

This just saved me $40 and several hours I would've had to spend replacing the cable my spiteful brother snipped. Your channel is just the right mix of edutainment.

[@armond120]

Great video. Few days ago I applied for a cable installation (entry level) position and this is a big help for my new career

[@neo1607]

Gave these junction boxes a try yesterday. Extended my cat6 cables that run through my wall cavitys, they work great! 😁

[@mathiasjayson676]

instablaster.

[@joeriess6089]

Excellent video and explanation. I would have bought the device you used from you if it was offered. The one I ordered online, came the next day and worked perfectly for me. Thank you very much!

[@brettpenza5149]

This was very good. You really made it all very clear. I have these to deal with these problems all the time in school. Aggressive cleaning crew. I am going to pick up a handful of these splicers and the continuity tester. Save me a lot of headaches. Thanks.

[@_steverobinson]

A very good example of how to do the job.Thank you.

[@ac7896]

Excellent video !!! so thorough and easy to follow. Well done. Thanks

[@rodzent]

Very informative. Good use of the camera and excellent audio. Nice!

[@georgekarani2597]

Excellent! just what i needed here in Nairobi, Kenya.

[@Фотограф-ю2р]

отличная штуковина, экономит время и кабель при неожиданных порывах👍

[@Rustywing46]

Excellent video, you explained this procedure very clearly.

[@joedebosco3047]

Excellent explanation and show-how!!!! Thank you for this.

[@roughradio]

V. INFORMATIVE. BUT WHAT IS THE NAME AND MAKE OF THAT CHEAP WHITE CABLE DEVICE YOU USED TO PUSH CABLES DOWN INTO THE JUNCTION POINTS? AND WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?

[@Eimz4]

Helpful and detailed. Thank you. Suggestions for improvement: try to make it shorter. Sometimes it is too detailed and even repetitive. This can be done in half the time and still be as good

[@moudzy1446]

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to publish. I'm trying to reconnect a marine networking wire with the same color coding as a cat6 shielded. However there is also a drain wire for ground. Is their a junction box that also handles the shield and the drain wire?

[@Elder650]

Can we use this junction outdoors? And one more question can we make a connection by crimping connectors and using coupler to joint a 5E & CAT6 cable together to make it one run?

[@pawelcholewa8477]

Great explanation.l do put a cable tie before termination,keeps the cable in place.Thanks

[@clumsiii]

Thanks for this! I just shot a nail through a Cat5 at work ... Gotta fix it before anyone finds out haha - perfect example of the wire damage ;)

[@Nellysdomain]

Hey Vince loving the videos I'm a telephone engineer / private cct maintaince / installation I've been in trade 19 years and your videos are very well done matey .. Just wandering if you ever used SDSL tester and which type I work mainly on fibre point to point networks but cover range of telecom services .. Would love to see video on different types of tool you have / use

[@Mymatevince]

***** Hi, thanks for the comment. The testers I had/have are quite old now, I mainly use a multi meter for shorts and battery/earth faults and also a TDR (time domain reflectometer) to measure the distance to shorts and disconnects on copper only and most importantly the tone and probe to locate/prove wires but all of these rarely get used these days as I am mainly into selling rather than the engineering side. But perhaps they may all surface again one day!!!!!!!!!All the best Vince

[@VinDcator]

At 11:28, he explains the importance of fit--it can only go in a certain way.

[@xjonjonvillegasx]

does this also work on a cat6 cable connected on a PoE? I tried a coupler but it doesn't work on a PoE. The cable I was fixing was from my CCTV camera connected on an NVR with a PoE.

[@justin.trading]

Can you use these to do two cables out and one in?

[@mrnobody9227]

Important nugget for all: so I thought you could use a single box to link three PoE Ethernet cables together for my ubiquity Wi-Fi ports. Was working fine with two cables together but then I found as soon as I added the third cable into the block the power was killed on the first ubiquity and power restored when I removed the third cable again. I don’t know if this is a combination of conflicting poe stuff and only found this out through 2 hours of trial and error. (The second ubiquity unit had its own poe adapter so don’t know if that was interfering somehow. ). In any case I just ran a second cable and bought a second junction box and all working fine.

[@katejee2650]

KJ Great video. Thank you for your detailed explanations. Can you recommend me good networking tools?

[@a.h.kfoury6909]

Excellent video. Very helpful. Thank you so much.

[@edwinkaris9602]

does that Cat 6 rated one ensure switching at 1gbps for cat 6 ,because normally a joint on a cable makes it switch at 100mbps or even 10mbps

[@whophead6837]

If you cannot find slack, you can still make the repair. Simply add 2 junctions with a extra piece in between

[@richyearle007]

Hello Vince i had purchased a couple of Rj45 connectors and a coupler to repair/join my 60 meter cable the dog chewed through.I spent a bit of time trying to keep the wires straight but finally got the wires in the same position on both plugs and crimped them tight.The problem was when i went to place each end in the coupler,the wire codes were in reverse to each other.I had to redo the wires on one plug so that when they were placed in the coupler the brown wire lined up with the brown and so forth.This was my first time doing this but i have internet so i presume i finally did it the right way.Can you confirm what i did was correct,matching the colours when using a coupler to join cables together?...Thanks..I had previously soldered the wires together but this method was a real pain considering the wires were so thin but it did get me out of trouble.How many times i cursed that dog of mine lol.

[@ralbasta]

the coupler will change the order of the wires so that they are in the correct order ! if you change the around they will be reversed and will not work

[@J20666]

Thank you very much to share your knowledge!

[@liammillichamp]

Iv only got 2 colours orange and white that come through the wall from outside into a box where my router is plugged in .I want to remove the box and relocate the outlet box on the other side of the room .so I need to extend the wire and use a junction box is this possible with only 2 wires. Does this make my internet slower with only 2 wires ??

[@benvadgama2389]

nice one - simple to follow video

[@sloeberken]

hello, can you also use it to extend a rj11 cable with telephone signal comming from the street? Thank you

[@janbosenberg107]

If you cannot find slack, couldn't you use two of these boxes and insert an extra piece of cable?

[@ralbasta]

yes but the performance would be degraded pro rata

[@andyuk7665]

Thanks this was very helpful and easy to follow.

[@misium]

Whats the actual dimensions of the box above? Will it fit inside a 60mm junction box?

[@90FF1]

Very clear instructional video. Thank you. Is there such a junction device available for multiple CAT 6 cable junctions? For example, six cables in one tidy box. I have a potential need to extend the length of 24 cables.

[@Mymatevince]

+90FF1 Hi, no, not that I have seen. Although it would be useful I don't think there would be much demand for it so I would be surprised if one existed. Thanks Vince.

[@ralbasta]

the couplers are only available as singles

[@herrperkins]

what you may be needing is a punchdown/66 block. It is usually best to have that block mounted on a small piece of plywood so you can tack down the wires neatly.

[@jsedmonds256]

No link to where to buy them. Does anyone sell these in bulk or at a reasonable price?

[@waveydavey151]

What about a CAT 7 cable? The dog has chewed through the cable and it all gets a bit confusing now they have started using shielding again.

[@jonathanthomson6642]

how many wire pairs are required to establish a 100 Mbps full duplex connection on a Cat5E cable with a length of 180 meters?

[@jdilksjr]

180 meters is to far for ethernet over Cat5e or Cat6. The limit is 100 meters. Use fiber or put a switch in between. 100Mbs uses 2 of the four pairs, however if POE is involved it needs all four pairs. If you want to go to 1000Mbps in the future you wire all four pairs.

[@BODGE71]

I've managed to cut through 3 extension cables which were sitting behind some plasterboard whilst using a core drill. I'm planning on spanning the gap between the cut wires (roughly 100mm for each cable) with new cable and would like to know if there are any small waterproof connectors I can use which will fit behind the plasterboard - there isn't a huge amount of space between the plasterboard and the brickwork and I suspect that the cable has been bedded to the wall using plasterboard adhesive so it won't budge such that I could shift it around somewhere else.

[@Mymatevince]

+BODGE71 Maybe you could use jelly crimp connectors, they have a small amount of gel in each crimp to help keep it waterproof. Have a look at my KZbin video on how to use jelly crimps so you can see if they will do the job.

[@theoutlawboss6589]

+My Mate VINCE does it matter if you have a cat 5e but you have a cat 6 box connecter or what ever that thing is called ??

[@kadzie]

Thanks for the vid, how many of these can i put on one cable, will performance degrade with each box?

[@ralbasta]

Every junction box degrades performance, in theory there shouldn't be any junction boxes on a cat5e or cat6 network cable. however if your network is only a domestic network where large amounts of data are NOT being up and downloaded you will probably get away with a single coupler without noticing much difference.

[@martinjeffree7737]

Hi Vince, can you add a spur to cat6 wiring? I bought a house with cat6 wiring. I asked the electrician to extend the wiring into the airing cupboard. He cut the cable leading to a bedroom point and using the type of coupler which telephone engineers use he added a spur to the airing cupboard, after which neither the bedroom point nor the new spur worked. I checked the connections very carefully and they seemed to be good. I then took his spur connections apart and reconnected the cut ends of the original wire using a junction box. The bedroom point worked again. I then added the wires to the spur to the same junction box, again carefully checking the connections. Both points stopped working. Is it fundamentally wrong to add a spur to a cat6 cable or should it work?

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, on Cat6 wiring every wall socket has to go back on a single cable back to the switch or router. You can't spur of a cable so one cable feeding 2 points. So the Airing cupboard will need to go back to the router on one cable and the bedroom will need to go back to the router on a separate cable. It doesn't work the same as telephone wiring (which you can spur) so unfortunately a lot more wiring is needed. You could look into powerline adaptors if it is a nightmare to run a new cable. Thanks.

[@alanjjeff]

@@Mymatevince or use a hub

[@mrbuhadi]

Wonderful explanation thank you

[@karlthompson1961]

That was REALLY helpful, thank you.

[@a_canadian8038]

Is it possible to solder a cat5 wire to a cat6 wire?

[@VincentdeKoning]

Yes it is; for me it worked fine.

[@michaelmichelli3170]

"Maybe the dogs bit through it" my brother in Christ, how did you know lol

[@AlexMansell]

Hi, thanks for the video but how can I join a stranded CAT6 cable? I have one of those flat Ethernet cables and I’ve just put a Stanley knife through it!

[@Mymatevince]

With stranded you would need to crimp plugs onto it (CAT6 RJ45 plugs) and use a coupler to join the plugs. If you have the crimper or you can borrow one then it is cheap to do but crimping the plugs can be a hassle if you haven't done it before. May be more reliable and easier to re run the cable.

[@TheGuzaz]

Hi, great video! But what if my old cable has only 4 wires and the new one has 8 cables. Can i connect them?

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, yes you can. The old cable is probably a fast Ethernet cable which only needs 4 wires which are normally the orange and green pair and the new cable will allow Gigabit Ethernet so it needs 8 wires. Once you connect them together you will only ever have Fast Ethernet speeds even on the 8 wire cable because it has been connected to a 4 wire cable.

[@TheGuzaz]

My Mate VINCE Thanks!

[@TheGuzaz]

Hello again, one more question :) What if they're not orange and green but orange and blue? Can I still connect them?

[@daveeato63]

How do you determine which colours to use, a or b?

[@uiopuiop3472]

you dont

[@aksshaysharma96]

Does using junction or coupler affects speed or performance?

[@ralbasta]

Yes, every junction box/coupler will degrade performance, however if your network is aonly a domestic one where you are not up or downloading large amounts of data you probably wont notice the difference

[@minhazul007]

Thanks for this detailed how to video :D You are simply awesome! :D This video helped me a lot! :D

[@stephenroberts9478]

Great, it came across easy

[@poordelir]

Can this used for flat type?

[@luiszayas1066]

How can I get one of these?

[@mianahmed1543]

very helpfull good work

[@elmer1x982]

I have a problem with my cable because it won’t plug into the WiFi box everytime I try to it would come off and won’t plug in there

[@julianbalcikonis3665]

also called a punch down coupler.

[@GUYANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

Savior .... Does that push down tool come with the junction boxes ? What's the proper name for it just for searching purpose

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, it is known as many names.......you might find it under IDC tool, telecom tool, punch down tool or Krone tool or in the UK it is often known as a BT tool. Thanks.

[@arnoldmagyawe7937]

it will by pass the fluke test?

[@fridakalota370]

im learning thanks

[@Brian.H..]

Thanks fo that very helpful

[@mrwagland3734]

Vince would be be possible to use a junction box to extend a cat6 shielded for the purpose video cctv Thanks David

[@Mymatevince]

+david wagland Hi, yes, you can get a shielded box which has another bigger metal contact on the entrance and exit holes which carries the foil shield over to the other side of the junction box.

[@jessmjc]

How do I know if my cable is solid or stranded?​

[@killer2600]

Strip the insulation off the copper and see if it's strands of copper or a single solid copper wire.

[@mr92raees]

Good idea👍🏽

[@mgborbilor]

hi. i would like to get some of these junction boxes. can you help with how to?

[@Mymatevince]

If you are in the U.K then I have them in my ebay shop.

[@Darkwolf14323]

can the cable past a certify test

[@P1CTOman]

Very informative but could be half the length if he didn't explain everything (at least) twice.

[@milotheseeker9787]

Thanks a lot

[@princegyamfi1814]

Nice

[@kewitt1]

Wouldn't it be easier to just use a keystone and crystal.

[@m.albahr7433]

thanks ma8