Category: How To Guides
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How do we compare quotes between vendors? What should I Look for on the contacts? We get many calls a year from customers who hired an electrician to run their data network. So many times one of two things happen, or worse both happen at the same time. Consider 3 recent situations we ran into…
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The Quality of the Cable is very Important We have noticed that in certifying our cable installations, Cat5e cable has a tendency to have a higher delay and sku then Cat 6 cable. That means that even though both Cat5e and Cat 6 can do 1 Gigabit networks, Cat5e may have a longer delay for…
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For over 20 year, CAT 5 cable has been the reigning champion of network cables. This cable will provide basic connectivity and a working computer network. Cat 6 Became widely popular shortly there after in the Late 2000’s. In the last 10 years, other CAT cables have entered the market under a variety of names.…
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Charlotte Data Solutions gets asked a lot about “what the correct wiring method (or pinout) is for Cat 5e or Cat 6.” Related to this is a question we get often as well. “Does it matter which color goes where, or does it just have to be the same at both ends?” Sometimes you have…