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tool to ease RJ45 termination
I've just made my first few Cat 5e Ethernet cables and I found the most time consuming/hardest part to be keeping all 8 wires in the right order while inserting them into the RJ45 plug to be crimped....
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ballasts & long conduit runs
I got a situation where I got some 8' florescent lights and about 200' of AC line inside metal conduit. What are the clearances for running cat 3 or 5 near the ballasts or lights, and is there a...
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Weird Cable Test Results
I was working at 3 different sites this week for the same customer, replacing jacks (to comply with new color-coding standard), and relocating some of the data cables to a new CAT5e patch panel. The...
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RG-6 QS, top brands?
I would stay away from the compression type connectors. The captive plastic piece tends to wear or break and the ferrel becomes loose. Crimp style is tried and true for the best results Canare makes a...
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Terminated Cat5e ended up "cat5"
I was changing some things in a server room this week: Using cat5e cable and these ends rewired a few of the connections between a switch and some server machines. However, we experienced a network...
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Overfilled conduit!
Get a disclaimer that any cable runs ruined by trying to overstuff the conduit isn't your fault, and they'll have to pay again for more copper after figuring out which ones survive the journey?
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Plenum
i was told that just because you run cable between a drop ceiling and the hard ceiling doesnt make it plenum. If all air ways are enclosed in some sort of duct work it is NOT plenum. Air would have to...
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S-Video to Twisted Pair keystone adapters
I just finished a conference room, wiring from a conference table to a projector on the ceiling and to a plasma on the wall. They did not request S-Video to be run to either location (from the...
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Multi-Dwelling Unit - New Construction
IMO, you can cut way back on the pulls to all the rooms if you plan for a few neat WiFi locations that will, if lit-up with APs, provide strong coverage to the entire house and the appropriate...
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How to Rack a Netgear DG632 ADSL Modem Router
Hi, I have a Netgear DG632 ADSL Modem Router and would like to know how i could rack mount it in my Comms Cabinet. It isn't designed to be mounted [i think], but i wasn't sure if there are devies that...
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17 years ago
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Insertion rating of various brands of CAT6 jacks?
So, I have been looking at the specs for some branded CAT6 jacks and they rarely mention for how many inserts the jack is rated (also called ''plug insertion life'') and the few that state it state...
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Short Term CO to IP
I've run into a situation where someone ran 200' of CAT5 through a buried 2" PVC from their main building to a 2nd building. Currently they are using the CAT5 wire to tie together the networks and...
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Ethernet Cable Woes - On and Off every second
I still want to know ow the OP determined the "once a second" bit.
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Splicing Fiber Question
Hey guys, I will have to install some MM fiber in the near future. No single run is more than 400 meters so I'm not really worried about my power budget. Here's what I want to do: Rather than spend...
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Use CMR or CMX rated cat5e cable
CMX is actually a lesser grade cable than CMR. CM means "Communications Multipurpose) and the X signifies "residential" as the targeted market. CMR (Riser) needs to pass more stringent fire test. And...
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