I’m getting ready to run cat5e cable to extend the distance of my lan and I have a few questions about what I need to do this.
First, do I need a crimping tool? I’m kind of confused. A friend said I need a crimping tool to make the connections. However, I was looking at the jacks and it looks more like I need a punch down tool to connect the cable to the jack. It looks to me like the only reason I would need the crimping tool would be if I were going to make patch cables. I’m not planning on doing that.
Second, it looks like the easiest way for me to run the cable is to run two seperate lengths of cable to the basement and re-attach the cable there. How do I attach the cable in the basement? Can I use a punch down block to attach the two together?
Last, what else do I need for this project? I’m assuming I’m going to need a cable tester to test the cable, punch down tool, RJ45 crimper tool (possibly), cat5e cable, jacks, wall-plates, wire cutter/stripper… I’m sure I’m missing something.
As you can probably tell I don’t have a clue but some advice/help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
ebcdic
