STP is not grounded
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Posted by Jon on August 10, 2006, 2:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options We are expanding our office into some adjacent space. The space we're taking over has some finished offices that we're going to keep, and their drops run to a nice little wiring closet not that far from our own server room. I figured I'd just throw my switch into their closet and run fiber or UTP from my existing rack. I was surprised to discover that the drops already in place are cat 6 STP (must've been put it when they moved in a couple of years ago), but the shields have simply been trimmed back to the jacket and are not grounded on either end. I think I read somewhere that an ungrounded shield could cause problems and I was wondering if I need to ground these shields somewhere? I don't want to recable but if I had to repatch them to a panel I can ground the shields to that probably wouldn't be too pricey, would it? What do you think? -- Jon | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Gerard Bok on August 11, 2006, 5:35 am
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:39:42 -0500, "Jon" Big discussion on the very same subject in comp.dcom.lans.ethernet. So you better watch there :-) (No, no definitive answer there neither. No yet, anyway :-) -- Kind regards, Gerard Bok | ||||||||||||||||
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| STP is not grounded | August 10, 2006, 2:39 pm |
>taking over has some finished offices that we're going to keep, and their
>drops run to a nice little wiring closet not that far from our own server
>room. I figured I'd just throw my switch into their closet and run fiber or
>UTP from my existing rack. I was surprised to discover that the drops
>already in place are cat 6 STP (must've been put it when they moved in a
>couple of years ago), but the shields have simply been trimmed back to the
>jacket and are not grounded on either end. I think I read somewhere that an
>ungrounded shield could cause problems and I was wondering if I need to
>ground these shields somewhere? I don't want to recable but if I had to
>repatch them to a panel I can ground the shields to that probably wouldn't
>be too pricey, would it?