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Previously on "How easy is it to put a plug on a network cable?"

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by DeadEyedJacks View Post
    Alternately use PowerLine network adapters and avoid drilling holes in your walls altogether?
    I specifically want wired network here. Used those and fallen out of love with them now we have a small wired network and rely on WiFi for the rest

    Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

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  • openstrike
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    When we put in network sockets in the house I bought a little kit but the handyman wired them up; is it the same stuff I need?
    No, it's different. Wiring sockets requires a punchdown tool, wiring plugs requires a crimper.

    Should I use a bit of proper cable, or hack up a spare patch cable? Can I even remove the plug and put it back on?
    You can take the end off an existing cable but you will not be able to re-use the plug. It does mean you would only need to crimp one end rather than two. This assumes that you can see how the un-removed plug has been wired - not everyone wires to the EIA/TIA 568A and 568B standards.

    When you are borrowing a crimper, also borrow a stripper (I use this one) and a tester to make the job much simpler.

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  • DeadEyedJacks
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    Alternately use PowerLine network adapters and avoid drilling holes in your walls altogether?

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    I used to have endless fun watching the kiddies trying to make ethernet cables.

    Depending on how old your eyes are, you may need glasses to see the colours on the cores.

    Innerestingly enough, the cable tester from Maplin at £10 was as good as the cable tester from RS at £90.

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  • adubya
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    I bought a cheapo ethernet crimp tool off ebay and watched a youtube vid. It's fiddly getting the wires straight and into the new "plug" but not difficult. I crimped two plugs and both worked first time.

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  • ladymuck
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    I picked up a flat network cable with a really small clip on each end which worked well for my purposes. The clip is barely any bigger than the cable.

    1aTTack.de 25m - Flat Cable CAT6 grey - 1 piece 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Gigabit LAN Networkcable Flat Slim patchkabel ribbon lan cable: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

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  • WTFH
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    And one of these:

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RJ45-Cat5e-Cat6-Network-LAN-Ethernet-Cable-Crimping-Crimper-Tool-20-Connectors/153696653129

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  • WTFH
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    You’ll want this diagram

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Sorry by the way this was meant to be a separate thread, I just spent a couple minutes wondering where it went!

    But it is in a separate thread!

    Yes, you can hack a patch cable, but no, you won’t be able to reuse the plug.

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  • d000hg
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    Sorry by the way this was meant to be a separate thread, I just spent a couple minutes wondering where it went!

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  • northernladuk
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    Buy or borrow a crimping tool. Piece of piss to make your own. Muchness faff than bigger holes.

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  • d000hg
    started a topic How easy is it to put a plug on a network cable?

    How easy is it to put a plug on a network cable?

    I want to get a network cable through a brick wall and I'd rather the hole was as small as possible. Normally I'd buy a patch cable but seems I'll have to make my own - but I know CAT6 cables have a lot of very small wires and I'm wondering how much of a faff this is? When we put in network sockets in the house I bought a little kit but the handyman wired them up; is it the same stuff I need?

    Should I use a bit of proper cable, or hack up a spare patch cable? Can I even remove the plug and put it back on?

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