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Ever consider wireless?  :)



At 10:58 AM 11/1/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> I am running a Cat5 cable in my house to a room for which I
> had to drill a hole just big enough for the cable but not for
> the end connector. So, in my infinite wisdom, I bought 40
> feet of Cat5 and a box of 10 connectors, and borrowed the
> RJ-45 crimper we have here in the office from way back when
> we used to make our own.
>
> So, I use the crimper to snip about a half inch from the
> cable jacket, and wonder to myself "How in the h... heck am I
> supposed line these color-coded wires up so that they
> miraculously land in their proper slots?" I found a reference
> to color coding at
> http://www.aptcommunications.com/ncode.htm, so I now
> understand the importance of getting these wires lined up correctly.
> But getting them there... Where's the magnifying glass and
> the micro-surgeon's touch?
>
> Is there an easier / more reliable way to do this?

Drill a bigger hole. <g>

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Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

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company.  Unless I say so.



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