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Asked: 2010-01-12 09:51:03 +0800 CST

Cat 5 cable black hood on one end white on the other? VINA technologies 730-202717-00

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This is probably a trivia question or a chance to educate me on something I know nothing about.

I have a VINA technologies cable here part # 730-202717-00

On one end is a white snag free hood and what looks like aluminum shielding. On the other end is a black snag free hood and what looks like a normal unshielded RJ-45. As far as I can tell these are factory molded/crimped.

Is this just a normal CAT 5 cable or is there something special about this cable I'd be curious to know before I toss it in the trash?

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4 Answers

  1. Maybe it's a luxury but given how cheap most cables are these days I have a rule;

    'Never trust a cable you don't know inside-out for anything you care about'

    I've been bitten too many times by dodgy cables.

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  2. Best Answer

    It's a shielded cable. The shield really only needs to be earthed at one end, not both.

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  3. Are both ends normal RJ-45? If so just compare the order of the pairs in the ends, sounds like it could be a crossover cable but more than likely it's just an overly expensive cat 5 cable.

    Considering what VINA technologies does/makes, it could be a proprietary cable to connect hardware, sounds like a T1 cable. Got a picture?

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  4. I have one of those cables.. it's a normal, Cat5 cable, based on it's ratings ON the cover and when plugged into a "cable-wiring" tester, it shows all 8 pins wired as a normal Cat5 cable... 1-8... you can use it for anything..

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