Cat 5 connectors are gender specific.
November 22nd, 2007 | by admin |Cat 5 connectors come in two types… male and female. The jack is the female end. It is strange that the female end would be called by a man’s name, but technology can sometimes be confusing. The plug is the male end. The plug is inserted into the jack. They look similar to a phone jack and the cable that is plugged into it, but they aren’t quite the same size. Therefore, it is impossible to accidentally plug your cat 5 cable into your phone jack or vice versa. Most cat 5 connector cables have male plugs on each end. The female ends are reserved for use as the receiving jacks. If you need to lengthen your cables, you can purchase a female-to-female coupler. These special couplers will allow you to connect one cat 5 connector cable to another.
