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    what i need to cable my own wireless gigabit network ? tools etc

    im on a big big school job and theres drums upon drums of "cat6 plus" all over the place a and tons of huge lengths of wasted cuttings the guys are giving me them no bother as there only roughing out so far

    so what would i need to do a good job, is there something that will strip the cables automatically and something to crimp the plugs down and how easy and where to buy ?

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    crimping up cables can be hit and miss. some claim to vener have made a decent cable, others claim to have never made a dud

    In theory it is very easy. you just strip off a small piece of the outer cover, feed the cores into the plug in the right order and then crimp with a special tool. You can get them in B&Q, Maplins or countless places online. Scan have some here http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=41030 , or you can look here http://www.cablesandstuff.com

    as for structured cabling, appart from pulling cable, that is very easy. Just a wall mounted box on each end and use a punch down tool to push the cores into the slots on the back (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=150697)

    hope this helps

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    your title confuses the hell out of me. Wireless gigabite network, cabling it?

    Now if you mean wire gigabit network sockets in your house, its quite easy.

    I just googled these:
    http://www.anitjob.co.uk/shop/produc...s_id=81&cpgn=6 sockets
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    http://www.cablecity.co.uk/product_i...AAAAAAAA&hl=en punch tool

    You should be able to find them much cheaper else where, plus a plastic IDC Punch tool should be obtianable from B&Q and the like for about £1.50, their the same ones used in wireing phone sockets. Looks much better than just crimping plugs imo.
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    i get a good 500Mb or so on my home-crimped network (500ish each way, or 250ish each way during full bidirectional testing)

    what you want are an idc punch tool, and a selection of back-boxes, faceplates & sockets WHICH ARE ALL THE SAME BRAND (made that mistake before)

    Oh, and a stripper tool too.

    You strip away a couple of inches of plastic sheathing, separate the wires out, position them in the correct places on the socket, and use the punchdown (which will snip off any excess wire). the process of punching will penetrate the plastic on the colored wires

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    I got all my tools and modular boxes from www.toolstation.co.uk and everything worked just great. To make a decent job of wiring sockets you need a Krone type punch down tool which will cut the wire as you punch it into place, the plastic punch down tools work for about 3 wires before they become useless.

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    most punch systems like IDC don't need any form of stripping.
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    so a punch tool idc. cable connectors and id prefer boots would be all i need including the cable and some wall brackets would be all i needed for my own network ?

    what about those tester things whats a decent cheap one to test those out

    oh and how do i creat a cross over and patch cable arent they just wired different in side the plug ?

    any simple guides would be cool on how to wire either cable and recomendations on the best types of plugs that suit the idc thing

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    for the plugs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIA/EIA-568-B

    the sockets you buy will probably come with a little card showing you what to put where. But it dosen't matter *that* much as long as you put in pin 1-8 the same colour at each end of the socket.
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    boots are a pain the backside to fit when making your own cables. I'd suggest you buy ready made stranded cables, the ones on toolstation are sooo cheap (54p for 0.5m). Go here for the "how to" on wiring:
    http://swhowto.com/CAT5_Ch1.htm

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    ok i dont want back boxes for now just terminals although will aqquire those shortly from my8 man but just

    so what i need is a good terminal wiring demo a cable stripper and decent drimp tool and how to do normal cables or direct pc to pc cables , hand if i visit someones house who dont have a router!

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    oops never noticed above post but more are always welcome especially animation video type ones

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    thanks killie thats a good site had a nice wee read there but i think i will be getting boots just so people think im clever and professional hehe

    now any guides on crossover and patch cableiing the terminals would be spanking !

    ive tried google but compared to the results you guys can pull up are a mile ahead !

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    This site might help http://www.lanshack.com/cat5e-tutorial.aspx
    I just used cat5 on my small network from some cheap cabling.. instead of having to remember the wiring scheme just saved a pic to my PDAPhone.. made it a lot easier when out at a friends house wiring his 3 pcs up with a cheapo wired modem router

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    nice idea ! just helped my mate bodged up his boiler yesterday via 3g video calling to get it up and running first time in a year its been any use to me !

    ok ive got the cable im of to b an q or maplins to get a crimps and terminals just cat 5 ones for temporary the now then im gonna chop them and put quality booted cat6 spec terminals anyone know a show that sells the terminals and boots that are designed for each other preferably purple as thats the colour of the cable


    many thanks for being such a picky pest here !

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    RJ45 connectors are RJ45 connectors, there doesn't appear to be such a thing as a Cat5 or Cat6 spec on these. So ones you get in B&Q or Maplin should be absolutely fine.

    Personally i can't stand boots on patch leads, just makes them a bugger to unplug. Especially molded boots you can't slide off (it's one of my many many pet hates )

    EDIT: no picture, but these are apparenlty Violet boots if you really do want them: http://www.cablesandstuff.com/subpro...elief-Boot.htm

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    boots are great if your storing your cables badly, prevents the tabs from breaking and all.
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