Posted: 4/28/2014 3:56:29 PM EDT
| OK I've tried this myself and f'ed it up more times than I care to count. So anyone in the Plano area have any experience with this hellspawn? I pay in beer or cash. The cable has been pulled I just need to get it terminated into wall jacks in a few locations. If you have the patience of a saint, I'd appreciate someone showing me how to do this. |
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I did it a few weeks back. Im not a network tech, just a software monkey. Do you have a crimping tool and some spare plugs?
If so, you just need to get the cable terminated correctly Also, there are plenty of good youtube vids on doing this. Also note there is 56A and 56B type terminating wire layouts, depending on the wire (most likely 56B which is more common i think) See pic 
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First the cables in the walls should be terminated to jacks and not plugs (8P8C). TIA/EIA standards (570C) says ALL residential terminations should be T568A. It is more phone friendly for line one and two. If you are going to do plugs make sure you buy plugs that are made for solid cable and not stranded. They are NOT the same. The standards also say you should NOT field construct patch cords. I am sure you know this now because they can be very frustrating to do.
The secret to making plugs is that once you lay the pair down into the proper order and just before you trim them. Take the wires and wiggle them left and right and up an down. This will cause the copper to stiffen up. Trim the wires down and insert them into the plug. Make sure you can see copper for all eight wires at the end of the plug before you crimp. Then always crimp twice. Plug it out after each crimp. It is much easier to do jacks. Secret to jacks is DO NOT untwist the pairs more than 1/2 inch!!! This would be from the jacket to where the pair terminates. You can NOT put the twist back into the pairs!! Jacket needs to be as close to the jack as possible. If you watch you tube videos ONLY watch videos by manufactures. There is a lot of bad info out there. I have been a BiCSi certified technician since 1999. I have taught classes at the college level for voice and data cabling both copper and fiber. An 8 year old can terminate jacks and plugs because they are great with color combinations. |
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First the cables in the walls should be terminated to jacks and not plugs (8P8C). TIA/EIA standards (570C) says ALL residential terminations should be T568A. It is more phone friendly for line one and two. If you are going to do plugs make sure you buy plugs that are made for solid cable and not stranded. They are NOT the same. The standards also say you should NOT field construct patch cords. I am sure you know this now because they can be very frustrating to do. The secret to making plugs is that once you lay the pair down into the proper order and just before you trim them. Take the wires and wiggle them left and right and up an down. This will cause the copper to stiffen up. Trim the wires down and insert them into the plug. Make sure you can see copper for all eight wires at the end of the plug before you crimp. Then always crimp twice. Plug it out after each crimp. It is much easier to do jacks. Secret to jacks is DO NOT untwist the pairs more than 1/2 inch!!! This would be from the jacket to where the pair terminates. You can NOT put the twist back into the pairs!! Jacket needs to be as close to the jack as possible. If you watch you tube videos ONLY watch videos by manufactures. There is a lot info out there. I have been a BiCSi certified technician since 1999. I have taught classes at the college level for voice and data cabling both copper an fiber. An 8 year old can terminate jacks and plugs because they are great will color combinations. send me that 8 year old and tell him I pay in skittles 
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If your talking jacks - it's relatively simple (well, with the jacks from monoprice - just match the wire to the labeled slot). I have a good punchdown tool, but probably won't be able to get to it until Friday after noon. IM sent. On your advice I ordered a bunch of jacks. I already have the plates so I'm going to give it a try. Should I fail what round for cat 5 jacks?
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Just remember to do ONE pair at a time. Do NOT untwist more than one pair at a time. Some cables the white wire is white and the only way to can tell what pair it belongs to is by the wire it is twisted around.
Just follow the colors on the side of the jack for the A color code and you will do just fine. Jack make sure you do A on both ends of the cable. |
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On your advice I ordered a bunch of jacks. I already have the plates so I'm going to give it a try. Should I fail what round for cat 5 jacks? Quoted:
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If your talking jacks - it's relatively simple (well, with the jacks from monoprice - just match the wire to the labeled slot). I have a good punchdown tool, but probably won't be able to get to it until Friday after noon. IM sent. On your advice I ordered a bunch of jacks. I already have the plates so I'm going to give it a try. Should I fail what round for cat 5 jacks? Shoot - wish I had known you didn't have the jacks yet. I have a lot left over from when I wired my house... |
To all thanks for all the help. The jacks were the perfect way to go. I ordered some shorter cables to get this mess cleaned up and I"m getting gbit speeds, so life is good. The wife can now watch her Roku while working out. 
Next I need to pull cable to the other side of the house for cameras over the garage. One thing though I found the monoprice jacks were a little difficult to work with. A different jack that allowed me to punch one wire down at a time was easier to work with and less prone to crossing wires. 
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To all thanks for all the help. The jacks were the perfect way to go. I ordered some shorter cables to get this mess cleaned up and I"m getting gbit speeds, so life is good. The wife can now watch her Roku while working out.
Next I need to pull cable to the other side of the house for cameras over the garage. One thing though I found the monoprice jacks were a little difficult to work with. A different jack that allowed me to punch one wire down at a time was easier to work with and less prone to crossing wires. http://i.imgur.com/YhzTwaQl.jpg ? I just placed the wires over each respective slot, pushed them snug with fingers so they didn't pop out, then used the impact punch tool to finalize the connection. You develop a technique after the first few
These are the ones I used monoprice jack Pucnhdown tool Do you need any cat 5e or 6 cable for the last runs? I have quite a bit left over. |
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? I just placed the wires over each respective slot, pushed them snug with fingers so they didn't pop out, then used the impact punch tool to finalize the connection. You develop a technique after the first few
These are the ones I used monoprice jack Pucnhdown tool Do you need any cat 5e or 6 cable for the last runs? I have quite a bit left over. Quoted:
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To all thanks for all the help. The jacks were the perfect way to go. I ordered some shorter cables to get this mess cleaned up and I"m getting gbit speeds, so life is good. The wife can now watch her Roku while working out.
Next I need to pull cable to the other side of the house for cameras over the garage. One thing though I found the monoprice jacks were a little difficult to work with. A different jack that allowed me to punch one wire down at a time was easier to work with and less prone to crossing wires. http://i.imgur.com/YhzTwaQl.jpg ? I just placed the wires over each respective slot, pushed them snug with fingers so they didn't pop out, then used the impact punch tool to finalize the connection. You develop a technique after the first few
These are the ones I used monoprice jack Pucnhdown tool Do you need any cat 5e or 6 cable for the last runs? I have quite a bit left over. The ones you linked too are more like the ones I used. The monoprice jacks I ordered from Amazon were amazon link |
