I find myself tasked with installing Cat5 network cabling in various
locations in Toronto.   This is fine, but I'm sure there are better places
to get supplies locally.   I need things like modular (f) jacks, patch
panels and cable run covers (it'd probably help if I knew what ...

I'm in the market for short (6 to 9 inch) straight patch cables. I've
got this ethernet "box" with a lot of jacks and the cable only needs
to go about 6 inches from jack to jack.
I don't know anything about networking, etc., I'm just buying the

I bought a bunch of used tools for my home wiring project and most of
them are in working condition. This 468 tester (Progressive
electronics) I'm not too sure about. I changed the 9V battery,
connected a CAT5 patch cable between the transmitter and reciever and

While bidding vendors for a new facility @ work we have recieved bids
containing products(wiring, patch panels, and jacks) from Hubbell,
AMP, and Bertek/Ortronics.  We have only used Bertek/Ortronics in the
past.  Does anyone have any past expierences with Hubbell or AMP as

Anybody know if there are 25 pair cable kits where I dont have to use a
butterfly tool?  I have one connector end on a 25 pair cable I need to put on,
and I dont see the need to waste money on a tool I never use.
Thanks for any help.

Ok i just recently bought myself a crimping tool to crimp some CAT5
cables with the connectors, now i am kind of practicing here until I
get better at it. Now I have tried to do it on my own but so far none
of the cables I did actually work so I dont know what I am doing

My girlfriend and I just bought some land, and we have to have a trench
dug for the power to come from the power pole to the house (that I still
have to build). I was wondering if putting the phone line in the same
trench (different conduit though) would dirty up the signal as it ...

I've scoured the Internet searching for the minimum 10Base100 UTP
cable length, but there seems to be no consistency.  Several sources
state different lengths and include footnotes with different
applications...

I was trying to trace a phone cable in a residential installation the
other day, only to find that it was bridged with many other lines in the
house at a 66 block.  Naturally, the tone appeared on all cables.
Anyone got any tips/tricks for tracing a cable in this situation?

I am about to jump on board with someone that has an ongoing problem.
Two buildings connected by fiber and D-Link DFE-855 media converters on each
end.  Both DFE-855 units connect to 3Com 16-port hubs which are part of a
Windows 2000 Server network.

Qty 5 Krone Convergence Category 5 (Cat 5) patch panels
48 port, 568B, 110-punch-down connectors on back,
RJ-45 connectors on front.   19" rack mountable.
Asking $25 each or $100 for all 5.    (Average cost

The tech from SBC has been here for a few weeks installing various parts
of the Gigaman, and today I talked to him and he had the link from one
of our other camuses up and running.  Only about four more to go.  Those
will come in the next month or two.  It'll be a bit less than $5k ...

I am making the following configuration but need to know what the
connections should be: -
I am connecting 2 patch panels togethervia cat5e cable to ship to a
customer. The customer can then screw the patch panels into 2 cabs and run

Why do they have to ruin this group?
Why can't they get a life....

I plan to use a piece of Cat5-type cable (about 20 ft. long) just to
consolidate a pair of doorbell wires, a pair of garage door opener
wires, and a phone line on a run between the house and garage. No
networking involved.