[GRLUG] cable installation

[Michael Mol]

Agreed that you want to use female ends in construction work, but I've
never had a self-made, properly-constructed solid-conductor RJ54 end
(either cat5 or cat6) fail. YMMV, I suppose.

On 03/27/2013 10:22 AM, moosebriard wrote:
> Putting RJ45 males on solid conductor cable is not advised.  Better to
> put female jacks on each end of the cable(s) then use patch cords.
>  RJ45's on solid conductor cable will fail eventually.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Matt Behrens <matt at zigg.com
> <mailto:matt at zigg.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:slestak989 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Terminating the cable is the easy part.
>>
>     Definitely helps to have good tools.  I used to make such shitty
>     cables until I got a racheting crimper.
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