Things you need to know Cat RJ45

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Things you need to know about Cat6 RJ45 Connectors
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• RJ45 Connectors are also called
• 8P8C connectors.
• RJ stands for registered jack and 45 refers to
  the listing number. 

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• For shielded cables, you will use shielded
  connectors. Conversely, for unshielded cables,
  you will use unshielded connectors.

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• Prong connectors are designed for stranded
  Ethernet cables
• Prong connectors are designed for solid Ethernet
  cables.

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• When it comes to the outside, the dimensions are
  exactly the same (because of the requirement that
  an RJ45 plug has to be of this standard dimension
  so that it can fit into any standard RJ45 port).

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• However, when it comes to inside structure, here
  is where you can trace the major differences.

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