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Just bought my first RJ45 crimping tool and I’m already confused
I’m trying to crimp a CAT6 cable with Pass through RJ45 connectors. The tool has labels for 6P, 8P, and also mentions CAT.7 / CAT.5/6, plus there’s a screw adjustment on the front.
Right now it’s set like in the picture, but the screw is aligned closer to the CAT.7 marking, which is throwing me off.
Am I using the correct setting for CAT6 RJ45 connectors, or do I need to adjust anything before crimping?
Also saw a video where someone had the same kind of tool set like this and their RJ45 worked fine, but I just wanna be sure.
Don’t want to waste connectors messing this up, so any advice would be appreciated 🙏
u/Harkeshbhatia — 12 hours ago