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Review on 🐈 Outdoor Rated CMX White Cat6 Direct Burial Ethernet Cable 1000ft, 23AWG Solid Bare Copper, Waterproof, 550MHz, Unshielded UTP, ETL Listed - Bulk Ethernet Cable by Ken Reiff

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Will not work with RJ45 plugs over 50ft - update

This may have been done to change from patch panel to stamped patch panel but after many tries I couldn't get it to carry the signal RJ45 -Connectors about 50 feet away when connecting HD cameras. The original Cat5 cable works fine but I decided to upgrade to Cat6 for future technology. But that footage failed to carry a signal more than 50 feet away for the cameras. Several short test cords worked and were shortened to about 6 feet, although even then the resistance was so high that even the short test cords took about 10 times longer to sync the camera compared to the original Cat5. After many attempts to get this to work I had to rip everything out and start over. UPDATE: Bought CAT6 from another vendor and it worked as expected. As others have found, either the quality of this product is very poorly controlled or some shipments are not as described. This cable transmits an HD signal over very short distances only.

Pros
  • Category 6 cable
Cons
  • Slightly wrinkled