one of the primary steps in troubleshooting any issue is verifying connections, with rj45 you can do that easily, and at times that act alone resolves the issue, remember the WB surge supressors that still had wash on the pins? now pull your punch down and repunch it, if you hit the same spot on the conductor, its already been misshapen once and now can break, not to mention the roundout in the pins. The act of troubleshooting itself with a punchdown could cause a new catastrophic failure of the system unrelated to the original issue that brought about the troubleshooting
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > How many times are you unplugging the cable from your CPE? Should be plug > it in and done until you forklift the network 4 - 5 years later. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:08:03 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Punch down > > Punch downs are only good for a relatively limited number of cycles (way > less than an RJ45). So punch downs are good when you expect the connection > to be good for the duration (like usually years). If you expect to > make/break the connection a few times, you would not use a punch down. > > bp > > On 10/30/2014 2:26 PM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote: > > Wear and tear? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Josh Reynolds via Af" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:18:55 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Punch down > > F that. > > Wear and tear on CPEs. > > We don't use them, but many swear they will only let their installers use > EZ-RJ45. If that's the case, I wouldn't want those people punching down > radios. > > Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer > SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com > On 10/30/2014 01:11 PM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote: > > What do you guys think of punching down on radios, PoE, etc.? I saw a > radio at WISPAPALOOZA that had you punch down the wires onto the radio's > circuit board. Seems like it would cut down on any issues of the RJ45 > coming undone. What pitfalls would there be? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > > > > > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
