DIY Cat 8 Ethernet Cable - Male Field Termination - Save Money!
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
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Learn how to terminate male Cat 8 ethernet cable in this video.
Cat 8 is the fastest ethernet cable on the market today!
This is a complete Cat 8 prep and Termination in very simple steps.
The Cat 8 is a must have with speeds up to 40 Gbps. You will never have to upgrade your ethernet cable to get faster speeds for many years to come.
You can purchase any Cat 8 fully assembled or you and DIY it like I did!
(Best to DIY Cat 8 internet cable when needing a long cable.)
HERE'S HOW TO GROUND A CAT 8 CABLE
• CAT 8 Ground Instruction
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TIMELINE:
0:00 - CAT 8 Male Connector Intro
0:17 - Getting Started - (Male Connector & Tools Used)
0:59 - Stripping Cat 8 Ethernet Cable
1:13 - Remove Cat 8 Sleeve & Outer Shield
1:33 - Apply Boot To Cat 8 Cable
1:55 - Remove Inter Shield From Twisted Pair Wires
2:25 - Apply Copper Foil To Cat 8
2:52 - Attach Wires To White Component & Cut Them Flush To Edge Of Component (Use B Color Code)
5:02 - Attach Male Housing To Cat 8 Cable
6:24 - Link To Cat 8 Cable & Tools For DIY
6:47 - Difference Between Cat 5, Cat 6, Cat 7, Cat 8 Speed
7:54 - Subscribe & Like Outro
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It won't be the fastest Internet cable if the shielding is not attached correctly. The drain wire should not be cut, it should be folded back and tapes over with the copper tape for correct electrical grounding.
Yeah, that part really bugged me. Ruining the whole connection.
Yes I'm well aware of this from the 1st to the 20th person who made the same comment.
I acknowledge the error then pinned (1st comment) a link to how to ground the cable in the comments + description.
Thanks for watching 👍🏽
@@HumanEncoded looks like YT did ya dirty. It doesn't show as pinned anymore.
I'm struggling with a cat 8 crimp right now. didn't know you could do it in other ways. you're the man. thanks
My pleasure... thanks for watching Mike! 💯
The shielding mesh around the conducting cables has to be connected to form a Faraday cage, to protect that cable from electromagnetic interference:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shielded_cable
Faraday Cage:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
Good point... Will have to make another video grounding the shield in the near future. Thanks for sharing
I usually slide the boot over before I strip the cable.
It's also GigaBITS per second. The difference is a factor of 8.
Thanks for the advice & watching this video Ian! Will try to remember this if I do another one. 👍
Same Ian.
It was nice to see what it looked like. I have some cat6a that looks almost exactly like this. This might have a slightly denser outer woven shield and possibly more twists per Inch. But, after hours and hours and hours of reading and looking up specs and TIA standards I realized after fully shielded twisted pair cat 6a standards don't mean dick. You gotta look up the cable spec real good and see whats inside. Some cable.is over spec and some cheapo under specs.
Very interesting info... thanks for sharing & watching. 💯
Even though you made some mistakes on the specifics of this tutorial im glad you left it up. Im wiring one of these up today and im horrible at following diagrams. Sorry the internet is populated by assholes. Thank you!!!
THANK YOU AUSTIN!
I've acknowledge the error (seems like) hundreds of times on here.
I've even posted a link to a video (in comment/ description) correcting it.
What I was NOT about to do was erase it!
The CAT 8 cables I made like this still works to this day!
I do appreciate ppl like you that understand & still are able to get value from this video.
Will make sure NOT to cut the wire on the next one! lol 😆
Cat 8 looks so beautiful.
Yeap it does & super fast! ⚡Lol
Very helpful - Thank you!
My pleasure! Thanks for Watching Matt! 💯🙌
What about the grounding wire, and testing it?? I would put the external cup before stripping the wires out. Thanks any way.
I did cut the ground wire (not knowing it was needed). I also tested it by plugging it into my computer & testing the internet speed. It worked with no problems & is still working. 👍
@@HumanEncoded At low speeds it's no problem, but at higher speeds it is necessary.
Thank you very much for the tutorial.
My pleasure.... thanks for watching! 👍🏽
You build very expensive antenna by not connecting ground 😂🙄.
I realize that after I posted the video but the cable still works fine to this day. I still receive high speeds from it.
@@HumanEncoded you should not ever cut that wire the factor made it to resolve interferences, reduce interferences will increase speed by lowering ping
@@johnricher133 Glad to hear all of the feedback for everyone after cutting that wire. Will definitely NOT cut it next time. lol
Thanks for sharing John. 👍
@@HumanEncoded Your Welcome!✌🤘👍
Be careful not to confuse bits and bytes. :)
This is true... thanks for the tip Mattias 👍
1 Byte = 8 Bits :)
Bytes are for Storage, Bits are for Transfer (Networking)
Funny how people call this new I've been terminating twisted pair armored teck cables that are shielded way more than these cat 8 cables over 10 years ago in oil refineries and drill rigs here in canada .
Wow cool.... guess it's just new to the consumer masses
Thanks for the awesome tutorial, however at 7:09 it's MegaBITS, not Megabytes.
thanks for the heads up and thanks for watching 💯
@@HumanEncoded Not a problem!
i accidentally bought these for my cat6 is it still save to use?
If the wires fit then it should work. Never tried to used them in that way before.
Did you end up returning them or did they work for you Brent?
@@HumanEncoded yeah they worked
@@brent5709 That's great to hear! Now I can spread the word. 😁
Thanks for letting us know! 👍
That is a chunky connector!
lol It's definitely bigger than CAT 5-6 but I think that's a standard size for CAT 8 male attachments though. 😀
What kind or simpleton snips off the shielding?
What kind OF simpleton repeats what has already been said 100 times. Can you not read comments? 🤔
You stripped away the metal wire shielding that is needed to ground this. Then you applied the conductive metal foil wrap to the outer Cover of the cable. So what is the foil supposed to connect with?! Is is supposed to make an electrical connection between the metal shield wire and the metal housing of the connector. Your instructions preclude this connector from performing the way it should. Why are you doing instructional videos misleading people how to do this? These connectors are very expensive and are designed for very high speed.
As far as I know the wire that I cut only operates as a shielding component.
It only shields the inter wires that I connected from outside interference (frequencies).
The fold that I wrapped around the end acts in the same way.
You do not connected that outer shield to anything.
I'm not sure what you are talking about Dan. 🤔
@@HumanEncoded I understand that these components (wires) shield, but they also act as grounding. These connections are supposed to make an electrical ground that is carried through their metal housing to “shielded patch panels”, which are themselves grounded via an electrical wire to the rack. Shielded patch panels for racks are twice the cost of normal patch panels because they are designed for grounding with these metal (and expensive) terminations. The foil that comes with these is special. It’s adhesive is also conducting. It is for electrical connection for grounding. Therefore, the wires just inside the outer cover of the cable need to be wound back on the outside to connect with the foil that connects with the housing.
@@HumanEncoded Dan is correct. That was a big mistake
@@danphilpott6302 I looked into what you said & you are correct about the CAT 8 cable should be grounded.
Since I have made & installed several CAT 8 cables before making this video & they all have worked & have yet to fail I'm not sure how life threatening it is for it not to be grounded in that way.
I will however start to ground my cables from here on out.
I will also add another video in the description showing how to ground these cables.
Thanks for your input & insight Dan 👍
@@ChadDrakeTech Yes Dan was correct Chad. Not sure if that was a big mistake considering I have created & installed CAT 8 cables since last year this way & they have yet to fail.
I will however start grounding my cables from here on out. 👍
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It was brought to my attention that I did not ground the CAT 8 cable. Here's a short 30 sec clip showing how.....
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I hear Future proofing, i purchase.
Lol yea future proofing is a good thing if you can afford to do it. 💯👍🏽
Bro it's 40Gb (Giga bits) not GB (Giga Bytes)
Yea you right. I misspoke on that but thanks for letting me know. 😅👍
Wrong. By tearing off the shielding the cable won't be grounded and therefore the shielding is useless
Yea unfortunately I did cut the ground but it still works & haven't had any problems with it since making it.
@Human Encoded if there's no interference you won't miss having the ground.
This is a gimmick. If the copper cable isn't bigger then the cat6e copper cables then it's the same cable. The shield only protects against Static electricity and or higher frequency Interference.
I'm not sure if it's a gimmick or not but I'm sure within a couple of years more stores will start selling.
More than likely they will improve in quality over time as well.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 👍
Great freaking video!!!!!!!
Much Appreciated.... Thanks for Watching! 💯👍
Sorry, so many things wrong with this video.
1: "CAT8 is the fastest internet cable on the market"
- Does Fiber or even DAC not exist?
2: "CAT8's you don't have to crimp"
- With the connectors you're using, you don't, but there are many out there in which you do crimp.
3: Pull the outer shielding down, "What I do is cut that off, some people keep it but I cut mine off"
- That metal weived shielding for CAT8 is to ground it, this needs to be folded back and NOT cut. Will be used later.
4: Copper foil, "My guess is it's there as a shield, as well as probably giving it security once we put the male connector on top of it."
- This copper foil was there to connect to the ground shielding to the connector which you had previously cut off. You shouldn't be making an instructional video for expensive wiring if you're going to be doing guess work.
5: Bits vs Bytes
- Bytes are for Data Storage, Bits are for Data Transfer. There are 8 bits in a byte. 40Gb = 40Gigabit, 40GB = 40Gigabyte. These are NOT to be confused. 40Gb = 5GB.
Additionally, to get the full 40Gb speed both devices must support it, at that point though, DAC and Fiber are the better way to go as they use less energy and fiber can go longer distances, not to mention most devices supporting 10Gb+ will be using SFP modules, not RJ45.
Show me some fiber optic & DAC cables on the market you can purchase for home use that I can plug into my router & computer. 🤔
I am well aware of the ground issue after posting this video + I pin the comment about how to ground CAT 8.
After figuring that out, I realize what the copper foil was for. 🤷🏾
I do however appreciate you breaking down the bits vs bytes. That was helpful 👍🏽
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video. 👍🏽
@@HumanEncoded First off, CAT8 is not intended for home use. Secondly, Fiber cables are extremely cheap and the SFP modules are very inexpensive as well. DAC are very inexpensive as well and their prices don’t go too far up for distance.
And of course, the video was well layer out, it was merely the few instructions that were off. Still have it a thumbs up!
@Tankbot I'm using cat 8 in my home office just fine.
@@austinrutledge6484 I don’t see the relevance haha, I didn’t say there was anything wrong with CAT8 it’s just redundant these days and too costly.
@@Tankbot001 I don't see why you felt the need to arbitrarily shit on a random creator. But here we are 🎉
But it serves no purpose using Cat 8. A waste of money.
You don't think this is a good future proof investment?
@@HumanEncoded At the moment there is no future in sight. Cat 6 supports 10 Gbps just fine. There has been a specification for 25 Gbps over Cat 8 with really short runs (100 feet max) that has existed for 8 years and not a single manufacturer has produced hardware. If I saw a realistic future with actual hardware available I wouldn't be against it. At the moment it's like buying snake oil and wasting money.
Oh ok, I see your point... thanks for sharing your thoughts @@0bsmith0 👍
As expected, does not work at all.... wasted 100 bucks... awesome 👌
What did not work for you? 🤔
worked for me. sucks for you
@Thomas lol 😆 Glad to hear it worked for you bruh! 💯