[kwlug-disc] RJ45 crimper -- good brand?

[B.S.]

There has been good advice in this thread.

I forget whether you said this is for work or home - definitely for work 
you want something you have absolute confidence in. You don't want to 
come back months later to find the problem stems from a bad crimp. e.g. 
Low throughput due to high crosstalk ... if you ever even discover just 
why your network is performing sub-optimally. For home you might not do 
so many in your lifetime, but you're probably only going to buy one of 
these in your lifetime - you won't want to put out for the absolute 
cat's meow, but you won't want the cheapest, either. Looks like you're 
shortlisting prudently.

I haven't used such myself, but I think (Bob's?) suggestion is smart - 
the connectors where the wires go all the way through then get trimmed. 
When I wired the house I was always extra shoving and ramming the wires 
in, once I got them in the right (*&^*(&% order. And always wondered if 
something didn't quite get all the way in there.

I ran cable from a punched box in each room to the basement, merely 
terminating the wires there (to go directly into a switch). Since, I've 
often wished I had punched them into a block and bought a bunch of short 
cables. I would always go into a punch down block at work.

Forget about Cat6 crimping entirely, stick to 5e. Cedric entirely 
explained why some time ago. Summary: No point; not humanly possible; 
anyone suggesting such in the workplace has zero credibility. (And, Cat6 
over 5e brings value in few cases - mostly only inter-server within a 
server room, so buy cert. patches. i.e. Across rooms you'll punch down, 
anyways.)

I like the idea of a tester in the handle - I'll guess it can only 
handle shorts, as I don't see something like a tone generator for the 
other end. If for work, consider such testing equipment, especially if 
it will confirm (validate) 2Gps - 1Gbps Ethernet is actually 2, 1Gps 
each way simultaneously. Without such testing, there's no way to know if 
you'll actually get 2Gbps out of it - and you WANT such certainty. (One 
less possibility to worry about, when you inevitably do have to try and 
figure out why things are working sub-optimally.) Home equipment can't 
drive things faster than 5e - other bottlenecks get in the way, first. 
Unless you have a server farm in your basement ... in which case - see 
'Use cert. patch cords.'

You might be going about this 'backwards' - in the 'end' it's all about 
the connector. Going to your HD link, I see some connectors have extra 
pieces, such as strain relief. Probably a good thing. But perhaps 
connectors that can take wires all the way through need a different 
crimper that trims such? So pick your favourite connector, then the 
crimper that corresponds?

Walking away from a crimp wondering if you got it perfect or not isn't a 
good feeling, particularly repeatedly.



On 06/21/2016 06:18 PM, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Thanks for the link to Infinite Cables. They are close to my work. I
>  was looking for USB Type-C cables, actually. For RJ45, however, I
> want crimping tool.  Ethernet cables are cheap, but those things add
>  up, then add shippings.  I'm currently looking at 1.
> https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.crimp-n-test-rj45-crimper-and-tester-4-in-1-tool-cuts-strips-terminates-and-tests-1ea.1000751621.html
>
>2.
> http://homehardware.ca/en/rec/index.htm/Indoor-Living/Electronics/Home-Office/Computers/Connections/Modular-Plug-Crimper-for-RG11-RJ45/_/N-2pqfZ67l/Ne-67n/Ntk-All_EN/R-I3571246?Ntt=RJ45