RE: Cat 5 cable RJ-45 connection HELP!

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Ever consider wireless?  :)



At 10:58 AM 11/1/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> > I am running a Cat5 cable in my house to a room for which I
> > had to drill a hole just big enough for the cable but not for
> > the end connector. So, in my infinite wisdom, I bought 40
> > feet of Cat5 and a box of 10 connectors, and borrowed the
> > RJ-45 crimper we have here in the office from way back when
> > we used to make our own.
> >
> > So, I use the crimper to snip about a half inch from the
> > cable jacket, and wonder to myself "How in the h... heck am I
> > supposed line these color-coded wires up so that they
> > miraculously land in their proper slots?" I found a reference
> > to color coding at
> > http://www.aptcommunications.com/ncode.htm, so I now
> > understand the importance of getting these wires lined up correctly.
> > But getting them there... Where's the magnifying glass and
> > the micro-surgeon's touch?
> >
> > Is there an easier / more reliable way to do this?
>
> Drill a bigger hole. <g>
>
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> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
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