10-Pack Cat6 Tool-Less RJ45 Keystone Jack UL Listed, No Punch-Down Tool Required Module Coupler, White

I used these keystones in a perhaps unorthodox way. Rather than crimp plugs on to the ends of the cable I’d just cut, I decided I’d save money and effort and instead buy these keystones. The plan was simple - I hadn’t cut an Ethernet cable before let alone crimp one, so in order to make it easier on myself and save money in the process I’d get something foolproof. I’m happy to say the mission was a success. I needed to cut a length of installed cable in the loft, connect a switch to both ends, then another device to the switch. In place of using Ethernet plugs and a crimping tool, I instead simply added one of these keystones to each end of the cut cable, then a new Ethernet cable from each keystone to the switch. It worked beautifully, with my cable tester showing all pins were connected as expected. As others have pointed out, you must wire up the keystone according to the colour coded diagram. I suspect they’ve done it this way so each colour pair is together, to make it easier for dummies like me. If you follow the diagram as shown you’ll have no issues with the wiring. The only negatives I can mention is that, if you’re completely new to this like me, you may think you’re going to break the plug when trying to lift up the transparent flap. Give it a good tug though, and it will open (don’t be afraid!). Also it’s very important to only do a couple of wires max at a time. My first go I tried all 8 and half of them just flopped out afterwards, so do a pair at a time and be sure to press down firmly. The other issue is that one or two keystones seemed a bit blunt on first use, which is not what you want when you need the core wires to make strong contact with the plug. I only needed two from the whole pack so I was fine in the end but YMMV. Over all I’d highly recommend!

Just push 1 wire in at a time in the proper color coded order provided and close lid to lock in place and do same until all 8 wires are in and then leave lid closed after the last one. Just remember to push the wire in until you feel/see it go into the little hole at the end then push lid down to lock it. It only took me 1 try and i have never worked with cat-6 cables. Very easy. Excellent product. I used it for a new Reolink POE camera that has a built in ethernet connection. I already had a cat-6 wire in the wall but the original installer had cut off the the ethernet jack and ran the individual wires directly to my old style Doorbird doorbell camera which stopped working after 6 years.

Easy, Simple and practical, as expected, and without any surprises.

Funcionan perfectamente con cable de conductor trenzado. Fácil instalación sin usar herramientas

I was able to DIY this. The only other tool needed was a cable stripper. Worked flawlessly