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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/10/12 18:52, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Mark Evans wrote: > >>> Just a thought as for cable perhaps for making up short lengths >>> the enginners could leave us any off cuts or left over cable, >>> we can get ends easy enough it would be a great opportunity to >>> teach people how to make up cables, etc >> >> Cable for patch leads has a stranded core. That for IDC >> connectors (patch panels and sockets) has a solid core. Trying to >> fit crimp connectors to solid core cable is hard work, unlikely >> to work reliably and can even result in damage to sockets/network >> interfaces. > > FWIW: I've always made up patch leads with solid core cat5e cable. > > All the commercial patch leads I've had to cut an end of to remake > have had solid core too. > > I don't think I've never seen multi strand cat5e cable... I'm not sure I've seen a pre-made one that was soild core. e.g. http://www.videk.co.uk/section.php/178/1/Booted%20Cat5e%20UTP%20Patch%20Cables -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCAWA0ACgkQsoRLMhsZpFelkgCeIpPQTlyegFC9xHjmKCCM894g OzQAnjSgk9RyDyRuH6p4Cu+g6dWvWB6N =hQtb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq