In Reply to: RE: Well, as Cat 7 is the only one that actually specifies a shield... posted by Ugly on August 25, 2015 at 20:31:36:
I've only seen shielded cable specified for runs in industrial environments. This is shielded Cat 6 or Cat 6a. The bulk cable comes with a drain wire, so theoretically you could terminate it with an unshielded plug and run the drain wire to a dedicated grounding point, but it wasn't designed to be used in that way. It's designed to be used with shielded plugs and shielded jacks on both ends for maximum effectiveness. The equipment at both ends should be properly bonded for safety.
If the shield is left floating at one or both ends, it will still provide some degree of RFI rejection, but not much protection from low frequency magnetic fields.
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