From yahoo Sent Tue, Jan 2nd 2018, 15:28
> Most network cabling is UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair), Shielded Twisted > Pair (STP) is not very common. > > STP Cat6 (or Cat5e) is sometimes used in datacenters but I've not seen > it elsewhere. > > Shielded RJ45 connectors have a metal cage, making it easy to recognise: > > https://rubimages-liberty.netdna-ssl.com/hi-res/RJ45-STP-L5E_connector_45deg ree.png > > Martin Thank's for the note. I took a look at Wikipedia to learn a bit more about these cables. According to Wikipedia it's a bit more complicate and several types of these cables are available. One has to distingish between the common shield for all wires and the shields for each pair. The shield can be a metal foil (abbreviation F) or mesh wire (abbreviation S) or unshielded (abbreviation U). The character before the "/" identifies the type of common shield, the first character after the "/" identifies the type shield for the pairs of wires, e.g. U/UTP: totally unshielded (not suitable for A-180-9) S/UTP: common shield for all wires (mesh wire) U/FTP: separate shield (foil) for each pair, no common shield S/FTP: separate shield (foil) for each pair and common shield (mesh wire) F/FTP: separate shield (foil) for each pair and common shield (foil) All network cables I could find here in Germany (CAT5 or CAT6) had a common shield. That's why was not aware that unshielded cables are available at all. For the A-180-9 all cables with common shield are suitable (i.e. S/UTP, S/FTP, F/FTP and SF/FTP). Only U/UTP is not suitable for A-180-9. I'm not sure if U/FTP will work as it depends upon if and how the single shields are wired to the connectors. Best whishes Dieter Doepfer ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/