Does the Apple TimeCapsule support connection to a Apple Express via CAT-6A?

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Does the Apple TimeCapsule support connection to a Apple Express via CAT-6A?

I have the Apple Airport Time Capsule (2 TB drive) and a Apple Airport Express.

I have connected then about 45 feet (15 meters) apart using CAT-6A cabling.. They worked fine for a few weeks, then when i had to reboot my TC, I heard a sharp crackel-pop a few seconds after cycling power to the TC.

Now I tested the cat-6a cable and all is ok.

But I get no link lights from either end of the connection. I tried different ports and still nothing.

If I use a CAT-5 cable everything is working again.

Is there something about these APPLE products that does not support CAT-6A?

Airport Time Capsule 802.11ac, TC and express

Posted on Aug 16, 2015 9:41 AM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Aug 16, 2015 11:50 AM in response to JoeBonsaiPoland

Apple products work just fine with CAT-6A cables. Is the cable in question directly connected at both base station ports or are you using anything between them? Like an Ethernet switch or an Ethernet patch panel?

FWIW, I run CAT-6A throughout my home. They are on dedicated circuits via a patch panel at the router and terminate at wall outlets. I purposely do NOT use combination data/voice outlets to prevent any land-line voltage from the data lines.

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Answer 2

Aug 16, 2015 1:03 PM in response to JoeBonsaiPoland

I'm running CAT-6A too, shielded. No problems.

If you made up your own plugs AND using shielded, have to be careful about trimming the shield back . When you said "sharp crackel-pop" that's the first thing that came to my mind.

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