[ale] Cat-5 question

[Benjie]

Why aren't you using jacks?  You can buy rj-45 jacks at home depot or frys.
It is much easier to wire a jack and it gives a neat appearance that "she
who must be consulted" may appreciate better.  It also gives a solid
connection when used with a good patch cable.   You can easily make runs
into rooms and put the jack on a baseboard where it will be out of the way.

Benjie

On 4/9/06, Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 15:09 -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> >
> > What I remember doing, is tyring to get all the wires in the right
> > order, and
> > flat, and the just training them by rubbing thumb and forefinger, and
> > pulling
> > over it several times.  Once they lay flat, but not fanned a little
> > bit, it's
> > not too hard to get them int the connector.  They also need to all be
> > the
> > exact same length.  I think I tend to clip them once they're
> > flattened.
>
> 1.  Remove the outer jacket of the CAT-5 by about .5" or more
> 2.  Untwist all wires
> 3.  straighten them and align them.
>     1. Orange/White
>     2. Orange
>     3. Green/White
>     4. Blue
>     5. Blue/White
>     6. Green
>     7. Brown/White
>     8. Brown
> 4.  Dry fit in connector
> 5.  Trim to fit
> 6.  Crimp
> 7.  Use
>
>
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