Re: OT: Deal/Toy of the week - Network Cabling Kits

[Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, L. V. Lammert wrote:

> Is this plenum cable (fire rated), normal wall cable, or patch-cord cable? 
> Note that if it's normal plenum or wall cable, crimping RJ45s is NOT a 
> recommended practice (only patch-cord cable, which is more flexible, is 
> designed for crimp-on connectors). Normal 'wall' and plenum cable should 
> only be terminiated with jacks and a punch-down tool on patch panels.

So far, interested people are doing wall wiring, but yeah, it's solid wall 
cable.  However, I've been using this for patch cables for years without 
any issues.

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