What ebay seller of RJ45 connectors?

[Bird222]

I am looking for at least 10 decent/inexpensive RJ45 connectors. Does anybody have a good source on ebay?

Thanks!

 

[Fardringle]

www.monoprice.com

 

[RadiclDreamer]

These things are less than a dollar each even from a local electrician shop. Or take the monoprice route

 

[wirednuts]

i like the monoprice ones. some of those ebay ones are terrible quality. make sure you have a decent pair of crimps too. dont use the ones they give you with a box of cable or something... cheap rj45 crimps are nothing but headache producers.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I'm not going to recommend these because it sounds like cheap is the primary concern, but for others I'll say first and foremost that I'm a huge Monoprice fan. That being said, as a guy that runs a ton of ethernet, that there is a superior jack from Allen Tel. They cater to industry (so you usually have to browse ebay), and they are more expensive (25 cents a plug rather than 6 cents per plug from Monoprice). What you get in return though is a much better designed plug. Event hough its smokey color the plastic is highly polished, so its *very* easy to make sure your insertion depth is deep enough and that all your colors are properly lined up. The entrance to the plug is angled and contoured to guide the wires in with extremely little effort and without worrying about wires turning inside the modular plug. You also get better, wider contact on the cable on crimp down without a sharp blade.

Monoprice makes good stuff for sure, but the Allen Tel modular plug is leagues better to use.

 

[drebo]

I wouldn't bother buying expensive 8P8C ends because you shouldn't be crimping your own patch cables anyway. It just doesn't make sense to.

The only time I ever do is for T1s, and that's to make a crossover or whatever custom wiring I need. I'd never use them for ethernet, though.

For me, it's a time thing. A patch cable is less than $1 for nearly all lengths. If it takes me even a minute to make one, that's not worth it, and it usually takes a bit longer.

 

[AD5MB]

you shouldn't be crimping your own patch cables anyway. It just doesn't make sense to.

at best that leads to this

at worst:

if the boss or the customer insists on neat and orderly, roll your own. if you want the cable to sit where it obviously needs to go, roll your own.

 

[drebo]

at best that leads to this

at worst:

if the boss or the customer insists on neat and orderly, roll your own. if you want the cable to sit where it obviously needs to go, roll your own.

No.

If you want things to work consistently and forever, don't make your own patch cables. Ever.

Proper cable management is possible with premade patch cables. And, again, they're much, much cheaper.

 

[imagoon]

Those yellow cables are machine made. I am generally of the opinion there is minimal need to ever build your own. It takes longer, costs more, and in most cases less durable.

 

[Fardringle]

Those yellow cables are machine made. I am generally of the opinion there is minimal need to ever build your own. It takes longer, costs more, and in most cases less durable.

And if you are making your own for a commercial environment, you better have a proper cable tester to make sure every strand meets specifications or you'll end up going through and unplugging everything to test them when you have problems later.

 

[gus6464]

At work we just buy them in lengths of 3/5/7/10/15/25 feet. One of those will work for pretty much any scenario and takes no time unlike rolling your own.

 

[gsaldivar]

if the boss or the customer insists on neat and orderly, roll your own. if you want the cable to sit where it obviously needs to go, roll your own.

No.

Order the cables in the correct lengths to begin with, then learn to bundle/wrap/label them properly to keep everything nice and tidy. Whenever possible, premade is definitely the way to go. As a general rule I throw handmade patch cables in the trash where they belong, and replace with premade for reliability. My time is worth infinitely more than the cost of the cabling.