actually i think this is a better site than the one i just posted... http://www.swhowto.com/CAT5_Ch1.htm
On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:23, Nick Rout wrote: > http://www.d3data.net/Help/HowTo_WireCAT5.htm > > the answer to yuri's question about how much to unravel is 1/2". > > On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 13:59, Wayne Rooney wrote: > > >I got my crimping tool, rj45 crimp plugs and a flush box at DSE. > > >I put the flush box at one end of the cable and an rj45 plug at the > > > other > > > > end. > > > > >So why does it not work? > > > > > >What else can anyone think of. > > > > Hmmm... You've got an RJ45 on plug crimped on one end and a wall plate > > socket on the other? > > > > What kind of cable did you use, solid or stranded? > > > > Patch and fly leads are normally made of stranded cable. Cat5 for > > permanant wiring (the stuff in the 300 metre boxes) is solid cable. > > > > They have different RJ45 crimp connectors. The ends of the metallic > > contacts that bite into the strands of the cable when you crimp it are > > different - this on-line shop shows the differences > > http://www.homestead.co.uk/amp45.htm. Dick Smiths only sell the > > connectors for stranded cable. Last time I wanted some RJ45s for solid > > cable I had to get them off a commercial supplier. > > > > Conversly, I don't know how well using stranded cable in a wall plate > > socket is going to work either. > > > > Wayne
