On Thursday 04 March 2010 16:24:02 Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Craig Falconer > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Christopher Sawtell wrote, On 04/03/10 14:42: > >> > Stop - first check you have plugs that match your cable. RJ45 plugs > >> for > >> > solid do not work well on stranded and vice versa. > >> How do you tell the difference? > > > > Without trying to be funny - you read the label. > > Someone should tell DSE to label theirs properly then!
The RJ45 crimps sold by Dick Smiths are for stranded cable. Experience has taught me to use the plugs that match the cable, no matter how many times people have said "They still work if you squeeze them hard enough." Wayne
