The bare wire is stranded steel and not copper. It also has a foil jacket
underneath the plastic covering.

Here's the info stamped on the cable: Belden Datatwist(R) Five 1624P ScTP
CMP Powersum Verified (UL) Catergory 5 E108998.

Hope this helps you...
Ray

"Chip C" wrote in message
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Ray wrote:
I purchased a tooless IDC Keystone Jack and it has 8 slots to fit the 4
pairs of twisted wire for the cat5. The cat5 cable that I'm using has
an
extra bare wire, for ground possibly ??

Where would this bare wire go on the jack ?? I don't see an extra slot
for
this !!

Please advise....Thanks

Are you sure the cable is labelled 'category 5'? Cat 5 is supposed to
be unshielded; there should be nothing like a foil or mesh wrapper
around the cable pairs. There are (or were) kinds of shielded twisted
pair that were used for other things (IBM token ring, for instance),
not 10/100baseT ethernet.

Are you sure it's a copper wire? Some cables have strands of
non-conductive fibre for strength, to decrease damage when the cable is
pulled.

If it is shielded twisted pair, it may not work for ethernet. If it is
really cat 5 with an odd wire, then, well, I dunno. I'd leave it
unconnected.

Maybe you could post back with the exact brand of the cable and any
markings on it.

Chip C