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[panyan]

ummm, an ethernet cable is a cat5

a telephone cable is an RJ11

@panyan you are talking rubbish. cat5 is the cable, you are talking about the connectors. We use RJ45 connectors for LAN, RJ11 is for phones you can use cat5 cable and stick the connector you need on the end for the purpose you desire. I have a box with loads left over when i did my telephone extension in my house, I keep it for knocking up network cable when needed.

thank you for clearing my confusion up with such a polite response

 

[PhillyDee]

I wouldn't reccomend him to buy the cable, connectors and the crimping tool... especially if he only needs one cable. He would be much cheaper buying the 30M cable for less than a tenner from OcUK. It comes with the connectors already on so no fussing around. It's not the easiest thing putting on an RJ45 connector, hardly worth the hassle when you can buy it so cheap... fair enough if you plan on doing a lot of cabling at custom lengths, however I don't think this is the case.

Completely agree, without a tester as well, you would not be sure that they were connected properly as well. I know the first few I did never worked out brilliantly! Couple of cross connections, and a couple uncrimped!