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Fibre problem
All, How do you go about removing the last layer from tight buffered cables. I am doing some multimode, and am having real trouble getting the final coating off the fibres. Any hints / wrinkles? TIA,...
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Plywood - Aesthetics and Function
If you've read my post about moving copper service, you know I'm going to have copper phone lines and T1 PRI service added to my server room. I could slap any old piece of plywood on the wall behind...
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Moving copper service
THE SCENARIO Our office demarc is located in a furnace room, along with our legacy pbx and alarm system base. All service is currently provided by a whole bunch of pots lines. Our new phone system...
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STP is not grounded
We are expanding our office into some adjacent space. The space we're taking over has some finished offices that we're going to keep, and their drops run to a nice little wiring closet not that far...
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real basic question
Good Day, I know little about telephone cabling, but have been asked to prepare some connections. We recently remodeled some office space, and running new cables would have been a nighmare. There are...
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Question on getting proper spec cable installed from the pole to the house
Hi. I'm getting cable modem service soon. I have rewired my entire house with Belden 1694A cable. So all of the cable in my house is now RG-6, all the way out to the grounding block outside in the...
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Proper way to install shielded ethernet
just thought I'd x-post this interesting thread to the cabling newsgroup future.) locations, and shielded
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Video via nonshielded pair
Hello, We have several wired security cameras that are connected to the DVR by simple non-shileded two-wire cable. The cameras give output on BNC connector, to which we attached the two-wire cable. It...
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Pullling cable in conduit
Someone made a comment awhile back about running a rag soaked in cable lube through the conduit before running the cable. I use half a plastic bag instead of a rag, but the lube pre-pull makes a big...
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switches too dense to add/move/change
I'm working in a couple of closets, which have Catalyst 6509s in them. In the past, ethernet drops were pulled to the closet, and punched-down on the backs of some RJ45 patch panels. Patch cords were...
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Needing some help
I am finishing my 1600 sq ft basement and am wondering about phone lines. i have already run the six CAT-5E cables i need for voice and the 3 seperate CAT-5E cables for data. I have them all going to...
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Cable frequency
how can 100basetx use a 125MHz clock with Cat5 cable rated at 100MHz?
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Cable Management vs. Easy Maintenance
I work for a school district that is in the process of bringing on 3 new schools, one of which is a high school with several hundred drops per closet. We use IP telephony and all phones in the...
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Need help identifying cable - RG59 or RG-6
I'm having work done in the house and the walls are off so I can see the cable. It's black & labeled E83032 F660BVV (2 V's not a 'W'') CATV. Anyone know if this is RG59 or RG-6 cable? thanks
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Ethernet STP Patch in STP installation
I'm looking at putting in an ethernet STP instalation for our factory but i know that the shield should not be connected at both ends to prevent ground loops (especially in our case: big motors, big...
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