Comments on: 99% Of All Network Problems Start With.. http://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GamblingSoftwaresitehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/comment-page-1/#comment-23528 GamblingSoftwaresite Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:15:11 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/#comment-23528 as a professional that have done at least half mile of cabling I agree with you! as a professional that have done at least half mile of cabling I agree with you!

]]> By: Rich Mengahttp://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/comment-page-1/#comment-23487 Rich Menga Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:50 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/#comment-23487 Okay I'll put it in even plainer terms.You buy a power extension cord for outdoor use at Home Depot. Each time you are finished using it, you wrap it using the "thumb-and-elbow" method. This is absolutely the wrong way to store a cable. Each time the cable goes over your thumb and elbow you are stretching it, thereby decreasing the life of the cable and it will break prematurely.Cable, regardless of what's inside, does not react well to stretching. If you're asking what could break, the answer is *everything*. The braided shielding, the insulation, the copper, all of it.If you buy network cable that does not coil, it is bad cable, period. If it is not coiled when you purchase it, you are buying crap cable. I cannot explain it any simpler.And standard indoor telephone cabling from your handset to the wall with RJ-11 connectors on either end is flat-wound, not round. Flat-wound is manufactured in such a way where it cannot coil once in finalized form. Okay I’ll put it in even plainer terms.

You buy a power extension cord for outdoor use at Home Depot. Each time you are finished using it, you wrap it using the “thumb-and-elbow” method. This is absolutely the wrong way to store a cable. Each time the cable goes over your thumb and elbow you are stretching it, thereby decreasing the life of the cable and it will break prematurely.

Cable, regardless of what’s inside, does not react well to stretching. If you’re asking what could break, the answer is *everything*. The braided shielding, the insulation, the copper, all of it.

If you buy network cable that does not coil, it is bad cable, period. If it is not coiled when you purchase it, you are buying crap cable. I cannot explain it any simpler.

And standard indoor telephone cabling from your handset to the wall with RJ-11 connectors on either end is flat-wound, not round. Flat-wound is manufactured in such a way where it cannot coil once in finalized form.

]]> By: Steve Stonehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/comment-page-1/#comment-23480 Steve Stone Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:49:16 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/99-of-all-network-problems-start-with/#comment-23480 I think there are a few too many generic assumptions about cable quality in this article. What makes cat 5 coil vs not coil? The wire size? The insulation? Shielding? the twist? Copper vs whatever? Indoor telco cable used to be called "twisted pair" for a reason. Is the "flat" style cable you know of also known as ivory quad or are we talking of some generic stuff installed by George the brute force electrician and his Klein lineman pliers and big hammer? Once the wire is in the wall and working why is it only good for ten years? I think there are a few too many generic assumptions about cable quality in this article.
What makes cat 5 coil vs not coil? The wire size? The insulation? Shielding? the twist? Copper vs whatever? Indoor telco cable used to be called “twisted pair” for a reason. Is the “flat” style cable you know of also known as ivory quad or are we talking of some generic stuff installed by George the brute force electrician and his Klein lineman pliers and big hammer? Once the wire is in the wall and working why is it only good for ten years?

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