LAN and Telecom Cabling

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why use an expesive cable tester

What is the main difference between something like a fluke dsp 4000 series and this http://www.broadbandutopia.com/vali...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rambham
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by rambham

FA: Fluke DSP-4000

http://snipr.com/FlukeDSP4000
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Installing S-n-S connectors on quad shield

Hi Guys, I bought some compspec quadshield to upgrade the ancient coax in my house. I also bought some T&B purple conne...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bobs_otr
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by bobs_otr

Terminations

Now that you folks have helped me decide to use indoor/outdoor cable, I have another set of questions about termination...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Moisture and Indoor Fiber

I have experience installing Cat5 and have used flexible orange duplex fiber to connect the GBICs of two switches so I...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

New building - no electrical/dcom drawings?

One of the groups that I support is moving into a recently renovated building. I asked for some electrical/dcom plans t...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by castufari
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by castufari

mission critical home made cables

Hi My friend is working on a project where he will be changing over a bunch of offices from a BT WAN to NTL. the final...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by anon
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by anon

RG6 Quad clips

Hi Guys, My cable modem has been a bit flaky lately. My TV pictures have been acceptable but the modem drops in and out...
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bobs_otr
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by bobs_otr

Ethernet: which RJ45 pins?

Hi, A fairly basic question - which pins are used to carry the Ethernet signal through the cat5 between my router and t...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by martin_pentreath
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by martin_pentreath

Cat 5e Telephone issues?

Alright I've read quite a few posts on these issues but I'm still a bit unsure of some key details. I'm currently build...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bigdeps
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by bigdeps

Quieting a switch...

This is slightly off-topic, but applicable (I think) ;-) Where I work, we recently built a 1million $ a/v center. Insid...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by forrie
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by forrie

Wiring on RJ45 wall socket

I am wiring up some RJ45 network sockets for the first time. (MK Electric part K5845 - available in UK) If the pins in...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by no--spam
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by no--spam

Phantom CAT5 Wiring Problems ?

We have problems sending out data (emails with attachments, ftp transfers etc...) from our ethernet network. We have fu...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jacob
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by jacob

Patch Panel Lock?

Hi guys, Is there such a thing as an lockable encasement or something similar for a patch panel? We may have to share a...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tlundrigan
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by tlundrigan