AT&T came today to connect their router to the ONT device. Installer connects two fragments of cat 6 with scotchlocks. Do they really expect gigabit to work over this? Am I being silly?
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Those are great for telephone connections.
Absolute garbage for ethernet.
Lazy as fuck.
Lazy… it takes waaaaayyyy more time to scotch lock 8 wires then properly terminate. Idiotic, yes very very idiotic.
Or just use a short patch cable
It’s probably better than some of the connections where they untwist like 2-3 inches (or more 😬) on either side of a crimp or punchdown connection.
Yeah, some credit due for maintaining pair twists, at least.
Related discussion… https://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1530862
They were told in training not to use scotchloks in this situation, but they did it anyway.
Why? Just terminate the white cable. This seems so unnecessary.
It’s unacceptable, but I’d be curious how long it would last and what kind of speed I could get out of those scothlocks. I’d run it like that for a while, just to see what happens. You can fix it in minutes at any time.
If you want to experiment a little before making a change, now is the time. Honestly I’d put the under/over on how long you could use them with no problems at something high. Like 7.5 Years. Ethernet is just very robust, even with shit wiring.
Uhhh, wtf was that installer thinking, get them back out there to terminate it properly
Scotchlocks work fine. I work for a phone company, and they are used a lot working with adsl service. Then that technique is used in fiber installs, because techs don’t do a lot of rj45 crimps. Its just a matter of what the tech is good at. This wire management could have been nicer. Still… it gets the job done.
I’ve connected two cat6 cables with wago connectors just to prove to someone it would work
Why haven’t they just crimped an end on the white cable and plugged that directly in?
Those are probably braided cables too. I personally wouldn’t scotch lock those
Trash work, though it will probably work fine. I would request they send someone out to do it right. When they refused I would just do it myself.
Why did he give you a 210? I install for ATT for a living and don’t use those ONTsv unless absolutely necessary.
To your question you can absolutely get 1gb speeds with an install done that way… I haven’t been able to order rj45 ends in 6 months so I’ve been forced to do some jobs this way where running a single patch cord wasn’t feasible.
Edit: I just noticed the fiber half circle lmao
Why can’t you order rj45 ends?
You can’t get RJ45 ends?
I literally bought 500 on Amazon yesterday.
I’m not paying out of pocket for work supplies lol
Assuming you’re a third party contractor for At&t, your work should really reassess who they are using as a distro if they have not been able to order RJ45 ends for 6 months. That’s a pretty ridiculous thing to just shrug off.
LOL, I guess that’s perk of working for a small business. I buy what I need and expense it. Everyone in the office uses my label maker, company pays for new label tape. I need RJ45 ends, I hit up Amazon or Microcenter, submit it on my expense report with my mileage.
It’s a 010
yes that is a 010, but the installer brought in a 210 to connect to the 010. that’s what they mean
Scotchloks work in a pinch but aren’t recommended and it makes the install look ugly. That being said, you can absolutely negotiate 1gbit full duplex without any errors, and the cable will be fine to use. I’ve used them in situations where I had nothing else and needed a halfway decent connection. I’ve also tested over cabling terminated with Scotchloks with a tdr and they show no difference or reflectivity along the wire. It could be worse, they could’ve used wire nuts. Or used cat3.