I completely concur. Based on past experiences, I think its only harmful to yourself to not allow for additional length for slack - preferably an adequately length kept in a loop configuration. I've always called these "utility loops", but I believe professional electricians call them "service loops".
But I do always keep a few feet of cat6 in my bag, along with a cat 6 coupler just in case. -- Espi On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > In a full duplex star topology, that is correct. Also to the best of my > knowledge. > > > > And now we start to argue religion. J > > > > I probably wouldn't ever want to use something less than 50 cm and > certainly not less than 30 cm. Why, you ask? > > > > I think the answer to this question explains it well: > > > > > https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/10899851/minimum-length-cat5e-cable > > > > I simply find really short cables difficult to work with. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 4, 2014 3:58 PM > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] 0.5 foot Cat5 Cables - Too short - Any > potential issues? > > > > I have never seen an ANSI/TIA/EIA spec that dictates cable length > minimums. Only that there must not be more than .5" untwisted at either > end. > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I'm getting ready to replace some switch stacks. Our current cabling(patch > to switch) is a mess, so I'm ripping out and starting from scratch. > > I'm looking around at cable design, and I like the short 6'' cat5 cables, > like this: > > http://static.spiceworks.com/shared/post/0001/6788/FEX48pt.jpg > > > > My concern is I think the IEEE minimum CAT5 cable length is 1.5 meters, > but I'm not sure if that's only for cables between active devices or not. > > > > Anyone know for sure and/or have experience using short cables between > patch and switch? Any issues? > > Not sure if it matters, but it's gig to the desktop POE. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jon > > > > >
