How to Punch Down CAT6 Network Cabling into a Patch Panel | BridgeCable.com
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Another How to Guide for new Techs working with network cabling and Patch Panels. More Tips online bridgecable.com...
Simple to follow instructions of what we at BridgeCable.com like to see onsite with our network cabling installation projects. Working with CAT6 new wiring we terminate into patch panels in either racks or posts. Keep the bundle neat and follow the "flow". Keep in mind techs will have their own style but again, keep it neat. Most sites will later add wires or ports to their network. Keeping a nice clean panel means less time the next time and even in troubleshooting down the road.
Love to hear your comments and thoughts, even some examples of videos that might help other new techs. Keep in mind various techs will have different styles of punching down or terminations. The key to any panel is to keep the cabling jacket close to the panel. Also keep the twists in the wiring, newbies will leave the shielded wire with straight pairs coming out. As with any job, our job as cabling techs, is to PROTECT the wiring. This is the backbone of the network. Physical damage for network cabling is easy to avoid when done correct. Ensure it's own pathways in the walls and ceilings. Once in the the walls and server racks then terminate the correct way. Typically on service calls in Philadelphia, PA or other areas around us we first look at the terminations. Very rare we find a broken wire.....just poor terminations. Of course if the building had some work done then that is a whole different matter.
So wrapping this up. Keep a clean and happy patch panel....keep a happy client!
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Retired back in 2015 I miss the work of punching and dressing the cable! 34 years we by fast!!!
When it's fun then it always goes by fast! :)
What do you do now Just Truth?
I am just an apprentice learning as much as I can.
I dont miss it
Awesome tutorial for a patch panel n00b. Answered my questions and gave me the needed pointers. This is going to be fun!! Cheers
Glad to be of help! Few more tricks and tips on our channel with the other videos! Cheers!
excellent video! taking a CompTIA A+ course and felt so confused once we reached this subject 🙏
Glad it was helpful! Data wiring is like a big mess at first....but in time it just flows and so easy.
Nice and straight to the point. I'm a total n00b at this and decided I wanted to build out my own rack at home.
Home or small office use for this style of panel works great! Send some pics....love to see your work!
I like that method of putting the panel on the rack backwards while you do the punching. I do something similar. Thanks for sharing!😄
Easy trick....new techs with us always have the "Oh Wow" statement :)
Easy enough. Thanks for the instructions. Dave-Naples, fl
Thanks Dave! Hire us for some FLA jobs.....love the weather down there! :)
Thanks for video, very helpful for me as im starting to get into structured cabling.
AWESOME! Love to hear that!! More tricks and tips on our channel. This one seems to be the "best" recently. Thanks..Paul (Owner).
Thanks for posting your video. Just subscribed
THANK YOU for Viewing! Happy Cabling!!
It says to maintain the twist, but you untwisted yours; however, I know that the pairs are still twisted inside the jacket.
Is that what you are referring to?
Slight untwist when putting into the panel.........the least is better.
@@BridgeCable, thanks, I will re-punch down my cables tomorrow. It’s just 8 of them and won’t take too long.
Great video and great explanation.
Thanks for the feedback! One of our favorite videos that we made :)
smahed it B..nice one....
Thanks for the kind words...working on spreading help to others! :)
How do you remove a wire if you were to somehow punch the wrong color into the wrong slot?
Really simple.....maybe....just pull out and go again. However some punches will have little hooks on them to pull just the wrong wire. Mispunches happen, just pull out and re-do. You do not want to punch into the panel too many times....the teeth get loose and down the road cause errors. Once or twice....re-punch....not a big deal (from a 20+ yr tech's experience). I will mention this......some clients want to REUSE a older panel.......Good Lord....just spend the $40-$150 to start fresh. The time for the labor is more. Thanks for the question! Paul
ty for the tip :)
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thanks! Easy "trick" for good punches on a panel.
Nice video, thank you for sharing
Thanks for the comment! :)
always doing neat work, shows you value everything you do.
Shut, i just bought the Trend net model, i hope it works like yours !!!!
TrendNet is okay, just use it on High Impact all the time. Gives a nice solid strong punch! :) Everyone uses different brands.....half our guys Fluke...which I hate....the other half Ideal :)
love you vidoe
Trying to help out others :) XOXO
@@BridgeCable please i need a little help. I had a RJ45 jack terminated. All pins from 1 to 8 read on LAN tester. But when I connect computer it does not blink or connect. What could be the problem.
@@mikkio5371 As long as the cable passed...it's the device. Weird!
@@BridgeCable thanks for the response. Thank you.
Good Work
Wished it could cover more....but flipping the panel saves time....people just overlook it :)
I use magnifying glasses to quickly visually verify a good punch. BTW the spec is typically 1.5-2 twists per cm in Cat-5(e) and 2+ twists per cm in Cat-6, right up to the punch. This example fails to show that.
It's showing to flip the panel......new techs will stand behind cramped quarters and punch in weird positions :)
So the patch block that you are punching down into is working similarly to how crimping a RJ-45 connector works right? When you crimp the RJ45, the metal blade connected to the pins cuts through the protective coating of the wire and makes contact with the copper. In this case, the panel has a "blade" in there somewhere that is doing the same, but you are also using the force of the punch down to push it into a pressure-secure hold on the wire. If that makes sense?
Sort of the same....RJ-45 heads and patch panels. The copper in the wire must be "touching". The panel does have "teeth" in the preloaded bays, and pressure from the punch tool scores the cable into a sitting bay. You are right on track....the copper must touch certain points to carry the packets. Low Voltage....CAT6 carrys some volt.....so small but it's there....all those 0 and 1s (binary). :)
@@BridgeCable thanks for clearing it up. I had started researching it and found out that punch down strips some of the sheathing off. Awesome videos keep up the good work!
Hi, just started using patch panel and followed the correct wiring method when punching, but for some reason when I check I can’t get no continuity on the panel...my short jumper shows the right lights ...lm only using eBay cheapo punch tool. Could it be the case? Or the patch panel itself got problem....getting descent click when I press my punch tool by the way and cut the end wire too.
Hmmmm.....if the jumpers are getting passes.....would have to rule them out. Most patch panels even come with a manual cheap single push down jacker. As long as the copper is exposed and you can see the "teeth" sitting the wire in you should be okay. Of course switch ports on the panel....possible bad jack on that one. Tough one to answer without looking at it.
“I’m only slow when someone watches me” my ass
LOL - You sound like one of our seniors busting the chops of our owner.....you from Philly too?? :)
Insightful! That looks complicated!
Thank you
Thank you for watching!! :)
can you show the patnal finisihed
We will do some more video with patch panel work....it's a skill set!
Kam ham bhi jante h
I think you are saying you love this video right? :)
Thanks for sharing. Lol I’m a hairdresser why was I watching this video 🤣😭😭
Thanks for watching! But that is a odd choice for you!! LOL
Trimming wires to get just the right look is subjectively similar. haha.
@@ArcticBuck Spot on Fred! LOL
Which type are you using? Type A or B?
Thanks for asking....B. Very rare we will use A. Some older sites that we are new vendors we will match the existing punches. Every once in a blue moon we will come in to a new site and jack some new wires....then the fail or the pairs are wrong....then we march into the patch panel and see A :) So rule of thumb.....B. :)
How would you punch down when the patch panel instructions say not to use a 110punch?
That is odd....unsure of what that is about?!
Best way to punch down that patch panel? Throw it away and get a keystone :D. Good luck changing any cable later on when everything is zip tied and bundled. Plus, if you get one like this (www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Mount-24-Port-Keystone/dp/B0072JVT02/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=keystone+patch+panel&qid=1622871672&sr=8-4) then you can cable tie each individual cable to the back zone for extra security, versus just having a big clump of wires in the back. Oh, and don't forget you can get all kinds of keystones too, not just 8p8c/rj45. You can get fiber, hdmi, audio, rg6/coax, and on and on. WAY WAY WAY better imo. I guess there's a little bit more cost to it because you've got to buy a bag of 24 keystone jacks but if 30 bucks is a deal breaker then it sounds like doing it right isn't a priority. Also, I've snapped the teeth before when punching them down. What do you do with this type of panel? Nothing, you've just got a dead port. With a keystone you just throw it out and snap a new one in.
We work on all types of panels. However...on a fresh install we are dropping in Keystone panels! Unsure if this a real comment or just an ad....I can go on...but love any panels :)
@@BridgeCable Why would you be "unsure if [it's] a real comment"? Because I linked the type of product I was talking about? That's kinda sad...
You mean a “loaded” vs “unloaded” panel
@@anyfoolknowthat I meant what I said. If you want to use that terminology, go for it.
What's the brand and or model of punch down tool are you using on the video?
Hmmm.....that was awhile back but I would guess ICC? If I had a choice to buy the panels I go with them many times. Great to hold the wiring in place before punching down! 2nd runner up would be Cable Matters, directly from Amazon.
Sorry to say but Tripp Lite's I avoid.....just not a fan....neither our my troops.
Crap.....you asked the punch down tool - Ideal :)
Thanks so much, I really appreciate your info on this
Great video. Can you use the same punch down blade on cat 5 cable.
If I have a bunch of Cat 6 cables (like in your vid), and they are all bundled and zip-tied together neatly, which one out of the bundle of cables should be terminated into the 1st port to stop them from tangling and overlapping? Would I be better taking the inner most cable and terminating that into the first port or would it be better to do that one last? I hope my question makes sense...?
Punching down is an "art"....that is what I see all the time. In what you describe I would punch down the 1st port and then work my way down the row. Do not secure it until you are done, I leave enough to service any ports if I need to. Then Velcro it in......everyone frowns on it.....but if you are going to use wire ties loosely apply them...don't "clamp down" on them. Hope this helps!
You didn't flip it around? 🤷♂️😂
Easy to punch on that style and in close quarters with flipping the panel....then when done just do the flippy action...and BLAM...you are in business!
Hello, one strange scenario. Cables from one side ends to a Patch panel cat6 and on the other side are rj45 connectors. Using the tester, all pins are ok but when connecting with computer, again everything works but some links are 100mbits and some other 1gbs. What can be the issue?
Switches?
@@BridgeCable it was faulty cables. We changed them all and now everything is gigabit and also no problem at all!
@@evald80 Nice....glad it got resolved! Cert testers are indeed can take it to the next level in testing!
I was told that there's something newer than punching down wires?
Share some information when you have it Please! :)
Pedro Custodio
Keystone couplers?
Newer patch panels will likely have RJ45 ports on the back. Is that what you mean?
You can now get “unloaded” panels, which just have holes. You terminate an RJ45 jack and then just pop it in one of the panel holes.
if you poke around those unsecured cables too much you will have problems, and you will chase them for a long time
Tad bit uncertain what you mean......hope the video helped! :)
I think he meant that the more you strain the cables (moving them around every time you terminate a new one) the more likely you will pull some of the wiring loose
terrible training video. next time zoom in on the color codes. dome panels all the wires are on top some on bottome and like yours split between top and bottom.
Sorry you feel that way Don. The point was the flow of the cabling and the ease of flipping the panel around for ease of punching. I get a ton of comments online and real world about that trick. Color codes....everyone has that online.
That cable is not dressed at all!! 😢
Work in progress :) Focus of video is how to punch but thanks for watching!
He literally said he was going to dress them later and it would look better lol he’s just showing how to punch into a patch panel