hardwiring my house: which RJ45 keystone jack to choose?

[skyking]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: skyking
Plenum rated wire is for use in a plenum.
A plenum is a space usually above a false ceiling that acts as the upper heating duct, and is more common in commercial building construction. Plenum jacket material will not give off toxic fumes as it burns, that is the difference. It is also more of a pain to pull, the jacket material is more prone to snags and assholes. It is not necessary in house wiring, unless you plan on pulling wire through your heating ducts. (bad idea there!)
I used keystones in a couple of 6 port wall plates for my home office termination. It works great, and there is no adverse impact in the room should we sell and the next owners not care about network wiring. The whole thing is flush to the wall. It is a certifiable installation.

wat?
The plenum jacket material is stiffer, and catches on things. The term "asshole" is a technical description of a common cable pulling problem; the cable forms a small loop as it comes out of the box, and it gets hung up on something, it gets pulled tighter into a lovely little sphincter, hence the term "asshole"


Whats the difference between those little plastic punchdown tools you get with leviton Cat5 keystone jacks and the metal ones? The metal ones just last longer?
the harris type punchdown tool is a precision impact tool with a spring inside, with two levels of impact. The little plastic thing is a piece of junk that can indeed punch down a termination or two, but it does not cut the waste wire off nor does it do any impacting, and it will quickly wear a hole in your hand.

 

[Aharami]

so...does anyone know if bestlinknetware is good or not. cant find any ratings or reviews on it

 

[Spydermag68]

Sorry I did not read the whole thread, but I have two tips.
1) Label the patch board as you go.
2) also get a testing kit so you can test from the patch board to the room