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[Livens]

Hey its great this place is back!

Need some help.

I'm building a new house that will have an unfinished basement, just thw wals will be roughed in. So I'm tanking this oppertunity to wire the whole place with ethernet.

I have never made my own Cat5/6 cable before so I'm a little ify about the process. I tried some cat5e cable with some regular connectors and a cheapy RJ45 Crimper. That seemed OK, but the crimper didn't push all the plates down all the way.

Now I found some Cat6 cable really cheap. They sell bulk cable and sell scrap peices that they have (50 - 100 ft) really cheap ($2.33 USD) per. Anyway I got the cable and tried putting a connector on it... Not so easy. First off there is a + shaped plastic divider in the cable making it thicker than normal. Also tthose cheap crimpers have gotten worse.

So here is what I need.

1. Suggestions on whet type/brand crimper I should get. I saw a nice one(i think) at HomeDepot that has a rachet system (Ideal Ratchet Telemaster™ Telephone Tool for RJ-11/RJ-45 Model 30-696):

'http://www.homedepot.com/prel80HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?frmSearchStr=drywall&paging=1&cameFromSearch=false&CNTTYPE=PROD_META&sortOrder=relevance&currentPage=2&MID=9876&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&CNTKEY=misc%2fsearchResults.jsp&renderer=basic

2. Does anyone have experience crimping RJ45? Can you give me some advise as to the best way to get all the wires straight and lined up right?

Thanks

[Haroc]

Cat 6 uses totally different connectors to Cat5, well not totally different, but from what ive learnt cat6 is larger wires therefore needing new modules, making the cables is very easy once you get going, i rabbed a cheap crimper off ebay and a tester to make sure they work, also cheap.
Every cable ive made so far seems to work
that crimper looks good and easy to use, and if you got the cash why not, maybe you just need to squeeze a little bit harder with the one you got :)

With getting the wires in, i think its mainly luck, after ive stripped the cable i try flatten it out a bit and organise them in the correct order then flatten out a bit more and just slide it in check to make sure everything it through enough to get a good bite and crimp making sure to hold it firmly in so it doesnt slip etc.

One last thing, id probably just stick with Cat5 unless you plan on staying a while and upgrading hardware to utilise Cat6 when it has full support?

~Haroc

This post has been edited by Haroc: May 9 2004, 12:21 PM