How To Use Crimping Tools

dvdfan

Hello,

Im buying some network cable and connectors. I contact a local computer guy and he said to buy them and hed come out and do the crimping. Question is if i buy a crimper myself is it easy to do, i dont want to pay a call out charge and or have him call out to do a 2 min job when i can do it myself.

I can wire a plug, tv coaxial cable etc so is this any harder as ive never seen it done???

I presume this store than has network cable and connectors has a crimping tool aswell or are they hard get your hands on. Ive heard B&Q do this kind of stuff???

McSandwich

dvdfan wrote:

Hello,

Im buying some network cable and connectors. I contact a local computer guy and he said to buy them and hed come out and do the crimping. Question is if i buy a crimper myself is it easy to do, i dont want to pay a call out charge and or have him call out to do a 2 min job when i can do it myself.

I can wire a plug, tv coaxial cable etc so is this any harder as ive never seen it done???

I presume this store than has network cable and connectors has a crimping tool aswell or are they hard get your hands on. Ive heard B&Q do this kind of stuff???

It's not too difficult, after a little bit of practice and a good wire stripper.

A few tips:

• Make sure cable is at least CAT5 standard.
• Don't cut away more cable sheathing than you need too.
• Don't untwist the wire pairs more than necessary.
• For patch leads always use stranded cable.
• For infrastructure (sockets and panels) use and solid core cable.
• Use the same wiring standard at both ends, unless you want a crossover cable. Sockets should be colour coded.

There are lots of good guides available, such as: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=19421&rl=1

dvdfan

Thanks,

Im just using the cable to connect my pc to a network via my eircom broadband Modem. I have this done already with another computer. Basically i just run the wire from my pc to the modem donwstairs and it auto shows up under My Network Places. So what type of cable is used for this, is it called standard cat5 cable?? or is there another name for it. I need 50 meters hence why i have to buy it and crimp it as 50meters isnt standard.

prospect

A good crimping tool is probably €40 - €60. Is it worth your while for 1 cable?

Make srue and get your colours right (it will work as long as you match up end to end in any combination, but is best practise to follow industry standare. So, when you look at the underside of the RJ45, with the cable entering at the bottom, the colour combination should be:
From Left To Right
White/Orange - Orange - White/Green - Blue - White/Blue - Green - White/Brown - Brown

Khannie

You'd wanna check ethernet signal distances. 50M is a fair distance without repeater.

Edit: If a crimper is that much, maybe ask in work if you can borrow one. I'm sure the lad in here would let you use ours for a few minutes.

McSandwich

dvdfan wrote:

Thanks,

Im just using the cable to connect my pc to a network via my eircom broadband Modem. I have this done already with another computer. Basically i just run the wire from my pc to the modem donwstairs and it auto shows up under My Network Places. So what type of cable is used for this, is it called standard cat5 cable?? or is there another name for it. I need 50 meters hence why i have to buy it and crimp it as 50meters isn't standard.

Just checking here, Is it a standard modem with a single Ethernet port or a router with multiple ports? If it's the former you will need to use a router in order to connect a second PC. Also, have you considered a wireless setup?

dvdfan

McSandwich wrote:

Just checking here, Is it a standard modem with a single Ethernet port or a router with multiple ports? If it's the former you will need to use a router in order to connect a second PC. Also, have you considered a wireless setup?

It has multiple ports, its for an Electronic Point Of Sales Cash Register so id feel much more comfortable with ethernet rather than wireless. I used to use wireless at home to play poker and from time to time it would drop its connection, if this started happening at 2am when we are busy it would be chaos as this computer would need to make a connection through the network to the back office computer to make the sale.

Thanks for all the suggestions, i dont mind paying €50 for the tool im sure ill find use for it over the months, just dont want to be calling out the local pc man for such a simple job.

I already have 1 computer networked with about 50m of cable and ive had no problems so far, is there a guideline on whats the longest distance before id need a repeater and also how much would a repeater set me back??

McSandwich

dvdfan wrote:

I already have 1 computer networked with about 50m of cable and ive had no problems so far, is there a guideline on whats the longest distance before id need a repeater and also how much would a repeater set me back??

The theoretical maximum distance without a repeater is 100m, in practice though, it is a lot less depending on cable quality, connections, electrical interference, etc.

You should be able to pick up a hub (a repeater with multiple ports) or a switch to extend your network for €25 or less.

See: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=319207