[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Cat6 Cable and Crimpers, help

[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

[mcelb1200]

Hey dude,

If you've got the plaster off your walls at the moment why don't you do a full install? I'm halfway through one at my folks place. Just get standard modular electrical faceplates and buy some female sockets. I'm sure you can get your hands on suitable Cat6 sockets, but really for a home installation Cat5e along short distances should be sufficient for Gigabit ethernet because of the short cable runs.

Anyways, I ran two lengths of Cat5e to every room in the house, along with one of dual shield RG6 Coax. You can use Quad shield if you want. I took them all to a patch bay where I installed a 24port patch bay and some Coax sockets. My only mistake was to use standard arial connectors rather than F-type connectors, but this only affects the fly leads you'll use.

As mentioned earlier in this thread, ethernet connection only uses two pair of the cable, thus, it is feasible to run two ethernet connections from the same line. All you have to do is crimp custom fly leads from the patch bay to the PC / Router / Switch. Also, you should be able to run up to four telephone lines per Cat5e socket. Again, all the work is done at the patch bay with the fly leads. This gives you immense flexibility, and also allows for enhanced home automation at a later date.

Almost forgot. You won't need to use a crimping tool for the sockets. You'll need a Kroning tool. These are great and really easy to use. You simply strip back the cable sleeve exposing the twisted pairs and punch them into place. The Kroning tool will automatically trim the lines for you. How neato is that?!

Don't forget to run your Cat6 cable at least 1m (3ft) away from a parallel electrical cable and cross them at right angles to reduce interference.

Otherwise have fun.!