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10-06-2001, 11:27 PM
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Joining CAT 5 cable to the wall plate
How do connect cat 5 UTP "wires" to a wall plate ? What kind of wall plate should I use. Is there any other way of mounting a RJ 45 wall plate, beside hacking off a hole in the wall, I was thinking something like a mounting plate instead with maybe 4 holes , and you just clobber the nails with it into the wall.Do I need to solder the wires into the plate ? I have not found the info in the tutorials over here. Never done it, now I have to think about it , as I have to do layout cables physically for my relocated office. Interesting joke on me...
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10-07-2001, 12:07 AM
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You can get the Wall Plates and jacks at the location below at cheap prices. If your location is like mine a wall jack in a computer sore cost 20 bucks each (Rip-OFF) while at this link you can buy them for about 3 bucks each. If you are just going through an adjoinning wall just buy a long cable and the drill a hole fish the cable through and use standard telephone cable wall plates ($.10each) to finish them. You will have to enlarge the hole in the plate.
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10-07-2001, 12:10 AM
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10-07-2001, 04:00 AM
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To do the job right you will need a punchdown and crimping tool.
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10-07-2001, 09:30 PM
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Okay, I will insert one end (CAT5 UTP-RJ45) into a free node port, and from there I'will pull a long cable to the 3rd floor, about 30 metres and put into a 3COM 12 port hub. From there , i'll pluged the cable (with RJ45 hd) to individual pc, which is ugly.
So what kind of wall plate should I use ? How do I set up , and how do I use the punchdown ? Do I need to exposed the UTP wires to use the punch down, or no need ?What the heck is a punch down ? I do have a punchdown tool which I think it is called and crimp tool. So far the punch down is just for show. Last edited by moonlight burner; 10-07-2001 at 09:32 PM. |
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10-08-2001, 04:24 AM
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Hi, not to worry, I just call up a network retailer to bring some samples tomorrow afternoon . He did on the phone mentioned, just insert the color coded wires into to "KeyStone", which sits behind a face plate, then to secure them just use a 'punchtool' to punch it down.mmm interesting.
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10-08-2001, 07:43 AM
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If you need to get them locally, Home Depot stocks them for about $5. Generally you would buy a faceplate that has 1-4 openings. Then you can buy the connector which snaps into the faceplate. Pretty easy. Usually they have a little plastic tool in them to help 'punch them' into the block.
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10-08-2001, 07:43 PM
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hi Mairving, sounds neat and simple
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