I am having some problems with a 40m CAT5 ethernet cable.
When I first installed the cable, I tested it and it was working with
no problems. I haven't used it in 10 months, and when I went to
reconnect it I am having a problem. The connection goes on and off

Hey guys, I will have to install some MM fiber in the near future.  No
single run is more than 400 meters so I'm not really worried about my
power budget.  Here's what I want to do:
Rather than spend big money on tools to connectorize fiber, can I buy

My wife runs a small motel and I offered to wire some of her
rooms with cat5e.
For the most part, the cabling is interior. There are some runs that
will follow some coax that runs inside a closed-in notch recessed

I'm going to install a wireless access point outside on a pole. Will
UTP CAT5e cable be okay if it is exposed the outside? Can I bury the
cable? If not, is there a particular type of Cat5e cable that is more
suitable for this type of installation, or should I put it in a

I just moved in to a newly constructed townhome.  All the phone jacks
are wired and distributed from 7 cables which are bundled in a metal
box mounted on garage's wall.  The color of these 7 cables are 3 blue,
2 green, 1 red and 1 white, they are hanging loose in the metal box.  I

I'm building a zone distribution cabinet, to hold a Catalyst 6509-NEBS
switch with 288 ports.  UTP drops will be pulled from end-stations to
this cabinet on an as-needed basis and punched-down.  All UTP runs have
a slack loop at each end (that can be removed if needed), so slack ...