Cat 6 connections by a sparky

[cliffed]

Had to cable some cat 6 cabling,while putting in ours,usual thing.
Just use what you have,which was external cat 6.
Can you 2nd fix them too.
Bit of a nightmare really,with my glasses on it was hard to see connections,also in awkward places to connect.
Also the quality of these data points can be pretty rubbish,tip ,buy the best,with cable tie & deeper connection.
Did it all,then one didn’t get internet,it was the one in the middle of a cupboard,awkward or what,all working now.
Is it that when electricians do this sort of work do we get a bit panicky.
The unknown ?

 

[rapparee]

I took the plunge and ordered the fluke micoscanner 2

It is great for testing cat 6 circuits.

It saves me from embarrassment afterwards if it doesn't work when someone plugs in.

Me and an IT girl spent hours one day with me on my knees in a comms room trying to sort out a dodgy connection.

All I had was a fluke 179 and a patch lead cut in half and stripped back. I was doing continuity tests. The whole thing was horrendous.

 

[Strima]

Here...

HOW TO TERMINATE RJ45.pdf

 

[Squid]

I took the plunge and ordered the fluke micoscanner 2

It is great for testing cat 6 circuits.

It saves me from embarrassment afterwards if it doesn't work when someone plugs in.

Me and an IT girl spent hours one day with me on my knees in a comms room trying to sort out a dodgy connection.

All I had was a fluke 179 and a patch lead cut in half and stripped back. I was doing continuity tests. The whole thing was horrendous.

She wasn't a looker then.......

 

[Squid]

Here...

HOW TO TERMINATE RJ45.pdf

EZ ends make it a lot easier,

 

[rapparee]

I took the plunge and ordered the fluke micoscanner 2

It is great for testing cat 6 circuits.

It saves me from embarrassment afterwards if it doesn't work when someone plugs in.

Me and an IT girl spent hours one day with me on my knees in a comms room trying to sort out a dodgy connection.

All I had was a fluke 179 and a patch lead cut in half and stripped back. I was doing continuity tests. The whole thing was horrendous.

She wasn't a looker then.......

She actually is pretty decent. You definitely would. But the novelty wears off pretty quickly. I was getting a stiff neck and nothing else

All joking aside, she is a nice girl, and we often have to look after each other, she got me a new laptop a few months ago.

 

[Squid]

You really need to see some of the stuff that I had to sort out, this one was tame on a security switch/cabling upgrade in a company the dealt heavily with on line payments.

 

[rapparee]

You really need to see some of the stuff that I had to sort out, this one was tame on a security switch/cabling upgrade in a company the dealt heavily with on line payments.

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Is there an after photo?

 

[Strima]

EZ ends make it a lot easier,

They look simple enough to terminate, as with any termination cable preparation is the key.

 

[Strima]

You really need to see some of the stuff that I had to sort out, this one was tame on a security switch/cabling upgrade in a company the dealt heavily with on line payments.

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All too common poor work like that. These are pictures from one of the UKs leading ISPs:

 

[rapparee]

Is there a proper colour code when it comes to patch leads, does it mean anything?

 

[Squid]

Is there an after photo?

I have some somewhere,

 

[Squid]

Is there a proper colour code when it comes to patch leads, does it mean anything?

As in the terminations or the colour of the lead?

 

[Squid]

All too common poor work like that. These are pictures from one of the UKs leading ISPs:

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Lots of fibre in there, I used to install dealing rooms, fresh installs where nice but dealing with some places after a few years, jeeeez and don't ask about Krone Frames at some of the places I had to support......

 

[Strima]

Lots of fibre in there, I used to install dealing rooms, fresh installs where nice but dealing with some places after a few years, jeeeez and don't ask about Krone Frames at some of the places I had to support......

I do like a good Krone frame not to mention the odd cheeky DDF frame full of type 43s and U links...

 

[rapparee]

As in the terminations or the colour of the lead?

Colour of the lead.

Is there a standard colour for PoE etc