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Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
why on earth would anyone crimp ethernet cables when monoprice exists

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Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
i guess if i needed a custom length cable precisely made asap i'd just call the IT guys and have one of them make it

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
tho seriously opening a ticket and dealing with all that would still probably take longer than to just order it off monoprice

i guess im just not a good resource for making cat5 cables

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
tbqh, irl, at my real job... i did just ask a facilities guy for some cat 5s cuz we were out so he just brought me a pile of these (in the back junk room)



the IT guys here even cant even be arsed to make the poo poo by hand

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Ur Getting Fatter posted:

so what actually happens if you wire one end with A and the other with B?

its a crossover cable?

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

remember the days before everything had crossover detection? they made those little plug adapters to turn a regular cable into crossover and vice versa

also rollover cables lol

a 9 pin DIN to rj45 adapter designed to convert a ethernet-wired cable to work for cisco serial

..forever being stolen from your bag and never put back when you need one

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Captain Foo posted:

I crimped so hard and got so far

but one of the ends, it didnt even match upppp

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Fanged Lawn Wormy posted:

is AMP/molex crimping halal in thread?

idk but if you're making powerpoles you best not be just crimping but solder that poo poo, yo

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
i just like things soldered.

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Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

pram posted:

posts-over-ethernet

first a rj45 in the laundry room and now a rj45 in the bathroom? ????

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