May I suggest that you talk to the Shireen folks directly and they will give you the exact info you need.
:) They are easy to get hold of in New Jersey. Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Head" <li...@blountbroadband.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 3:25:53 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shielded Cat6 connectors > Regular crimpers worked for us on these heads. > > On 6/12/2017 2:13 PM, Jay Weekley wrote: >> We bought some ARC wireless Cat 6 connectors to go onto Shireen Cat 6 >> cable but they were a major pain to use. The wires had to be forced >> in instead of sliding in with minimal effort. My idea now is to buy >> Shireen Cat 6 connectors which hopefully will work better. Does anyone >> know if these connectors require a special crimper or can we use what >> we already have? >> >> https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=CON-RJ45-C6-100&eq=&Tp=&o1=0 >> >> Jay Weekley wrote: >>> Cat 5 should be sufficient but one radio shares a tower with 2 FM >>> stations so we're having to do everything we can to mitigate >>> interference. The other problem is a mystery since it's on a >>> decommission water tank with no other radios than ours. >>> >>> David Coudron wrote: >>>> We are just starting to install a number of towers where we are >>>> using Mimosa equipment and have run Cat6a for those where the >>>> cabinets won't be on top of the tower. For the ones that are on top >>>> of the tower we ordered pre-terminated cables. Just too much hassle >>>> for the cost. For those where we had to run cable to the top we >>>> ordered new quiktex ends since they use the regular old crimpers. We >>>> couldn't find any ends to work with our Ez rj45 crimper. We will be >>>> terminating those cables the next few days. >>>> >>>> We do have Mimosa equipment installed with Cat5e cable and it works >>>> fine now. We initially had issues with the Ethernet ports dropping >>>> and replaced POEs and were considering recabling. However fixing the >>>> RF link interference issues and some firmware upgrades have really >>>> stabilized those Ethernet ports now. We haven't had an Ethernet >>>> port go down in 10 months since we did that work. (I am currently >>>> knocking on wood. 🙂) >>>> >>>> Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> *From:* Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Christopher Gray >>>> <cg...@graytechsoftware.com> >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:20:38 AM >>>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Shielded Cat6 recommendation >>>> I bought some Shireen Cat6 to try. The OD of the insulation on the >>>> Shireen Cat6 (and other Cat6 cables I've found so far) make it >>>> unusable with the EZ-RJ45 plugs. So, I ended up purchasing new >>>> plugs, and should have purchased a new crimper. >>>> >>>> I later asked here about using Cat6 with Mimosa and got a fairly >>>> resounding "Cat5e is enough" at the time. In the end, it seemed like >>>> a giant pain for any spot other than having great interference. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Jay Weekley >>>> <par...@cyberbroadband.net <mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> wrote: >>>> >>>> We recently received a recommendation from Mimosa to replace our >>>> shielded Cat 5 with Cat6. We've been using Shireen lately and >>>> they have a Cat 6 product. What would you use? Has anyone had >>>> problems with using Cat 5 with Mimosa? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >>>> Virus-free. www.avg.com >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >>>> >>>> >>>> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> http://www.avg.com >>> >>>
