Who makes good quality RJ45 Network sockets please?

[Biscuit]

I hooked Zak up with my secret source of TUK tool-less keystones



fingers crossed I stopped him buying stranded CCA cable

Yeah they look the business.

Definitely avoid CCA at all costs. If it looks cheap and doesn't state its construction, don't buy it.

[peterb]

3M toolless. http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/produc...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

Other toolless

http://www.cablemonkey.co.uk/cat6a-m...hoC5YUQAvD_BwE

http://www.rackyrax.com/cat6a-patch-...xoCNvUQAvD_BwE

(Cablemonkey and rackyrax are part of the same group - Connectix)

http://mcldatasolutions.co.uk/cat6a-...BoCtP0QAvD_BwE

http://www.netstoredirect.com/cat6-m...xoCFfUQAvD_BwE

I have used MCL and Cablemonkey (although not for these items) and had good service from them

(Cable Monkey and rackyrax are sister companies in the Connectix group)

[GoNz0]

The TUK ones average £4-15 depending on where you buy them, Zak just paid about £18 for 12

I know 3M are good but £111 for 8 wth!

[peterb]

You can get the double TUK version - the Tuk Tuk

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...4095a612mIGmGQ

[spacein_vader]

Brushed steel plus grey Cat6 euro modules FTW https://www.electricalcounter.co.uk/

It's what I've flood wired my house with.

I would seriously consider going Cat6 rather than Cat5 if you've not bought anything yet. Cabling will probably be in your house for more than 20 years. We've been at 1 GbE for at least 15 years now. Price difference is tiny. Cat6 can support 10 GbE over short (40-55 meter max) lengths.

I bought most of my stuff from the electrical counter. No issues.

Only provisio with Cat 6 is watch out for the minimum bend radius. It's a lot bigger than cat5e so be careful you don't damage them or plan to run them anywhere with sharp turns.

[GoNz0]

You can get the double TUK version - the Tuk Tuk

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...4095a612mIGmGQ

[Zak33]

Only provisio with Cat 6 is watch out for the minimum bend radius. It's a lot bigger than cat5e so be careful you don't damage them or plan to run them anywhere with sharp turns.

G0nZ0 has warned me about my new best friend..... the 5cm bend radius rules.

Im gonna try it.

He's found me some solid Cat6 cable and now I just have to man up and tell the missus how it's gonna be ......

I might be living with my new TUK tombstones and 5cm bend radii in a shed with awesome internet speeds......

[GoNz0]

G0nZ0 has warned me about my new bes friend..... the 5cm bend radius rules.

Im gonna try it.

He's found me some solid Cat6 cable and now I just have to man up and tell the missus how it's gonna be ......

I might be living with my new TUK tombstones and 5cm bend radii in a shed with awesome internet speeds......

If you can't it should still be ok for gigabit speeds, otherwise an oscillating multi tool can be handy under skirting boards to open up the gap to allow the radius.

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[peterb]

I might be living with my new TUK tombstones and 5cm bend radii in a shed with awesome internet speeds......

Cough - it’ll only ever be as fast as the slowest part of the link - your internet connection - but you know that

I did run fibre to a friend’s ‘shed’ theoretically 10 Gb. He did get better speeds on his intranet though (but didn’t have anything that could max it above about 600Mb/s)

[Zak33]

Cough - it’ll only ever be as fast as the slowest part of the link - your internet connection - but you know that

I did run fibre to a friend’s ‘shed’ theoretically 10 Gb. He did get better speeds on his intranet though (but didn’t have anything that could max it above about 600Mb/s)

true... but the plan is that I might put my home server under the stairs with the router... so having a quick link to the upstairs office is good.

Besides.. my old house started at ADSL 6mb/s then went to ADSL2 at about 12mb/s then to Infinity 36mb and rapidly to over 60mbs.. that was in 12years.

SO if I live here for 12 years or more I might need a good connection from lower to upper house ;-) / shed ? ;-)

[Zak33]

If you can't it should still be ok for gigabit speeds, otherwise an oscillating multi tool can be handy under skirting boards to open up the gap to allow the radius.

is that a thing?

[Zak33]

oh you mean a saw.......

[GoNz0]

oh you mean a saw.......

Yes I do

[Zak33]

found a length of CAT 6 solid copper here at work to study.

it's clever, isn't it? That quartered plastic core and the string to pull to cut the sheaf ... you don't know what you don't know

great thread so far guys, thank you all :-)

[Zak33]

now what I need please is a very good youtube guide to how to cot the cabels right, how to use those TUK connectors.

[GoNz0]

now what I need please is a very good youtube guide to how to cot the cabels right, how to use those TUK connectors.

It has instructions on how to put the cables in, all you need to do is trim the ends before you commit to closing the door (that can be opened again and reused)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvVyJ4FKXbE