I am a newbie to the world of installation, and I really want to get a
good grasp on punchdown blocks. Is there a simple website or reference
that someone can point me to. After much googling I have come up empty,
If not, I have some basic questions that hopefully someone can ...

The cable guy came today to set up my cable and internet in my new
apartment.  There are 2 cable jacks in my bedroom and 1 in the living
room.  A previous resident must have done some rewiring as one of the
cable jacks in the bedroom only led through the wall and out into the

Hi, I am currently attempting to upgrade from 100BaseT, with CAT5 at
home and adding a new link with CAT7 cable, that I want to use for
Gigabit Ethernet. I Bought two Telegaertner double AMJ45 sockets. For a
first test I just cabled the two of them together straight through.

Hi all,
I have a driveway that is ~150 feet long. At the base the drive way, I wish
to install a CCTV camera.
In a couple of weeks, I'll be gettig the front lawn landscaped and I

Anyone structured cabling contractors here use estimation software? If
so, which ones? I have demoed RapidBOM and Accubid's products. I'm
leaning towards Accubid because of the Labor calculations they have in
place - very slick.

Is it acceptable to use 1 pair in a Cat-5 cable for POTS when 2 pair are
being used for 10base-T? Wondering about cross-talk, etc., introducing noise
between these two.
Thanks,