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cat 5 ends

pontifex

pontifex

Lifer
my boss asked me to pick up some cat 5 ends while i was at radioshack to pick up a few other things.

they want $12.99 +tax for 10 cat 5 ends!!

my boss said that he gets them for about $.45 each from where ever he normally buys from. i had no idea they were so expensive.
 
Originally posted by: KLin
are we talking patch cable ends or keystone jacks?
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probably refering to patch cable ends.


the first time i heard "patch cable," i was pretty confused lol.
Of course, it didn't take me long to realize that the dude meant cat5.
 
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: spidey07
tell your boss he doens't know what he's doing.

never crimp ends onto a cable if you want it to perform/last long.
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what do you suggest then?
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you should use patch panels, wall jacks and pre-made/manufactured patch cables to connect the network card into the wall jack
 
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: spidey07
tell your boss he doens't know what he's doing.

never crimp ends onto a cable if you want it to perform/last long.
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what do you suggest then?
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following eia/tia standards to a T.

use horizontal cable, properly installed according to specification with a patch panel and jack, no longer than 90 meters. And then two less than 5 meter patch cables on each end. all category 6 rated for the whole thing and don't forget to ground the patch panel.

using solid core cable with ends on it is not up to spec and will eventually fail/cause problems.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
tell your boss he doens't know what he's doing.

never crimp ends onto a cable if you want it to perform/last long.
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Guess it depends on the environment. I've had one or two patch cables I've made in the last couple years "go bad".

If you're talking structured cabling, then yes, follow standards.
 
hell, i don't think there's a pre-made patch cable in this whole facility.

well, i'm wrong, he does have a few pre-made gigabit patch cords.

i doubt he'd go for it anyway as it would probably cost more money.
 
well your boss should understand that you do it right once and not have to mess with it again.

paying somebody to fix something that should be causing problems in the first place = more expensive.

90% of all network problems are the cabling.

1st rule of network - don't muck with the physical layer.
 
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