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Did I mention how much I hate Panduit jacks?
I've been a Leviton installer for years and, on small and medium jobs, it's common to pull multiple cables without tagging them, trim the jacks, then tone them for placement on a patch panel. It...
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patch panel vs all punch-down for Cat6509 zone distribution cabinet?
I'm building a zone distribution cabinet, to hold a Catalyst 6509-NEBS switch with 288 ports. UTP drops will be pulled from end-stations to this cabinet on an as-needed basis and punched-down. All UTP...
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17 years ago
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Instruction for Leviton 1x9 Bridged Telephone Distribution Module installation
I just moved in to a newly constructed townhome. All the phone jacks are wired and distributed from 7 cables which are bundled in a metal box mounted on garage's wall. The color of these 7 cables are...
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17 years ago
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Phone + Network on 1 CAT5 cable?
No, its not advisable. It breaks spec, and you wouldn't be able to run Gigabit Ethernet off of it at all, since 1000-Base-T uses all 4 pairs. It should be Cat5e at a minimum, although who knows what...
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locking rack-mount FDP that can hold 19-inch rack-mount CWDM mux?
I aggregate some fibers in a common telco demarcation room, with a fiber distribution panel mounted in a 23-inch telco relay rack. I would like to add a 1U CWDM mux, a couple of 1U CWDM drop/add...
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I respect this group's input: New to cabling : - Running cables from attic down walls
Yeah, that sucks when you drill through working things. In house construction, studded walls are pretty easy to find in an attic, since you get reference points from the previously mentioned...
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Overhead cable arm
I am seeking a flexible arm that can be attached to the front of a rack to hold the KVM switch cables overhead with some flexibility of movement. Probably 1.0 - 1.5 m fully extended, with a load...
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NorCal Fiber Optic Contractor. Splicing-Testing-Termination
Lightpipe Communications CA Lic# 864913 925.525.5036 Lightpipe Communications offers Outside Plant/Inside Plant Fiber Optic & Twisted pair services. Backbone... Cabling- Fiber Optic & Twisted Pair...
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How do you properly join cat5 wire
I have a cat5 run that goes from a router to a control room. I need to run cat5 from that control room to the location of a single PC. My question is this: How can I join the two cat 5 wires together?...
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recommendations on tone tracer and handset?
hi all, i work as a systems admin but occasionally need to troubleshoot ethernet and telephone runs. i am looking for recommendations on a decent tone tracer and lineman's handset that isn't going to...
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17 years ago
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Toshiba Strata Cabling??
Is anyone familiar with the Toshiba Strata DK280 PBX? I'm not a professional installer - just a guy trying to fumble through it ;) It's a DKSUB280A. I don't have any documentation, and I need to know...
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17 years ago
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Newbie question re connecting wall sockets
Newbie question, sorry. I have a router in one room at the front of the house, and I want to connect it to a PC in a room at the rear. So I want to run a cable between the two rooms, ending in...
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Completely weird cable problem in new house - need insights pls!
I just bought a brand new house. All the wiring for the house telephone lines was done with CAT5e cable, and all the ports have RJ45. There is a large junction box in the garage that contains all the...
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Telephone Wiring Question
I just moved into a new home, about 2 years old. I was going to run a telephone line to one of the rooms (office), but ran into a couple of things that have me stumped. There are 4 phone jacks...
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Finding Side Jobs?
Where are some of you experienced techs finding side jobs? I need to get some side work for extra money, but having a hard time finding. Any suggestions for an experienced, yet young tech???
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