[geeks] [rescue] Cable testers

[Phil Stracchino]

On 04/20/16 18:12, Jonathan Patschke wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> I've never really needed one until now, but I'm finding cat6 to be a
>> complete &@&#$@^#@%$R@#% to strip and terminate.
> 
> Are you doing Cat6 or Cat6A?  I haven't found Cat6 to be too bad if you
> have sharp tools and take adequate time.  Bear in mind that equipment
> needing Cat6 cable will be much more apt to notice skew, so ALL your
> termination hardware needs to meet spec (keystones and plugs, too).

Cat6.  The problem is the center spine both complicates stripping it
with a tool designed for 5/5e, and even once cut gets in the way of
lining up the pairs correctly for the connector.

> If you're terminating more than a few station cables (as opposed to riser
> cables), buy them from Monoprice.  Life's too short for that nonsense.

The thing is, I'm making cables on the fly as I need them at one-off
custom lengths to different places in the house.


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