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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

[Parli]

I've done quite a bit of wiring myself and it looks like you guys have covered just about everything possible! I found this site that has an awesome step by step guide to wiring your house. http://www.swhowto.com

I also ran the Cat5 to all of my telephones while I was at it.

This post has been edited by Parli: Jun 14 2004, 02:13 PM