CAT5e cabling question

[Ultra Wide]

I recently re-wired my condo for data. There was CAT5e cable already present so I changed it from the voice to data. I am concerned whether my connections are good enough. I read that you should not unstrip more than 1/2", but these cables were stiff and very hard to work with. I did un-bind some pair a little too much maybe? I keep hearing about twisted pairs and cross cancellation and not being able to achieve 350mhz(gigabit) unless the twisting is top notch.

What do u think? Do I need to redo the wires so the pairs are more tighly twisted together?

I did an initial test with 100mbps and it works fine, but not sure at gigabit speeds.

 

[valve1138]

I think you'll be just fine.

Per GigE spec you only need 4 pairs of Cat 5. Not even Cat 5e.

 

[JBark]

That's a familiar looking setup

Here's a pic of how I terminated my cables on the leviton block.
http://www.thebarricks.com/images/low_volt_cables/07-15-2004/SMC_Closup.jpg
I did keep my twists together a bit more than yours, but yours don't really look a whole lot different. I can say I've had no problems at all running gigabit between two machines that are very far away from the enclosure.

 

[moetop]

I would not worry about it. If you were running the full 100 meters they you might want to think about it. The lines on the PCB arnt twisted are they!!

I'll have to see if I can get a pic of the back of my 24 port punchdown for ya.. I run Gig over it all day long.. No errors or issues.

 

[Kaos]

snip back just a tad of those pairs and get the jacket closer to the punch terms and youll have no issues running gigE