[TAG] Wiring a house with ethernet

[Jimmy O'Regan]

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Jason Creighton (jcreigh at gmail.com):
>>
>>So that's just the cost of doing business, right? If I want to crimp
>>cables, I really should be using something of that caliber, and using
>>some cheap plastic junk is just asking for trouble? 
> 
> 
> Pretty much.  I bought one around 1988 because I figured I'd get a whole
> lot of use out of it over a whole lot of years -- and I was correct --
> but your mileage may differ.

I once bought a cheap plastic RJ11 crimper -- I had to crimp one end of 
one cable, so I thought "what the heck". Damn thing broke (as in, pieces 
flying to opposite walls) on the first squeeze.

> 
> If you follow my and several other people's recommendation and use a
> patch panel, however, you'll not need a crimper -- or at least not for
> the main work.  Instead, you'd be using a punch tool, which gives more
> certain operation, and is probably a lot cheaper.  I bought my punch
> tool at the same time I bought my other stuff, and through sheer
> stubbornness and cheap-bastardry, have managed to not lose any of my
> tools inside a wall or such.

Heh. I have. (Not recommended, but a flathead screwdriver works -- six 
years and counting :)