I have prewired my previously gutted and remodeled home with CAT6 to most rooms, as well as 4 wireless APs (big house). Currently all the dirty work is done and the walls are closed, and it's time for ...

The RJ45 cable, also known as an Ethernet cable, is a standard cable which has four twisted pairs of colors. It is easy to crimp a RJ45 cable and make it into a straight cable or cross the cable as ...

I want to run some cable from a bedroom to the garage. I was looking at tools and I'm not sure if I need a crimper or a punchdown tool. I searched the forum and it seemed like the punchdown tool was ...

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