On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:42:45 +0000 (UTC), Chuck Banshee
wrote:
I saw those little tools with the jacks. They were about $5 as opposed to
about $3 for each of the RJ45 female jacks. So, in hind sight, I should
have bought one of the female jacks with the tool, and two of the female
jacks without the tool.
$3 for that little tool? SCZ Electronics has a pile of them at the
counter for $1/ea. I have one on my keychain.
This might also help:
http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=401989§ion=27314
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkXmIbKL0X8
But, since I was buying the Home Depot-recommended $20 tool, I figured it
would be extraneous to buy the jack with the plastic throw-away tool.
Keep the tool. It might be handy if you decide to do structured
wiring, where almost everything is connected via a Type 110 connection
block. It's also easier to use than the small plastic one included
with the jacks.
More such tools:
http://ftaelectronics.ca/home/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=367
You can also use the punch down tool if you do NOT push
hard enough to engage the impact mechanism.
Now you tell me! 
There's plenty on the internet on how to do it. For example:
http://academy.delmar.edu/Courses/ITNW2313/icat5.htm
Note that the excess wires are clipped off AFTER the covers are placed
over the RJ45 jack. Otherwise, methinks it's obvious that you're not
going to cut off the excess wires with the tool unless it's resting
against an anvil to help with the cutting. That's available in Type
66 and 110 blocks, but not on an RJ45 jack.
The only problem at the moment is figuring out HOW to get up through the
wall to the upstairs bedroom because the wall is about in the middle of
the floor of the upstairs bedroom - so I can't (yet) figure out how to
get to it (I may have to go outside and then back in down the outside
wall. Yuck.)
Find a mouse. Punch a mouse size hole in the wall at both the entry
and exit points. Tie a string to the mouse's tail. Insert mouse into
wall. Wait until the mouse exits through the other hold. If mouse
refuses to exit, add peanut butter to something near the exit hole.
When mouse is through, untie string, and release mouse. Use string to
pull through a pull rope.
I've actually done this when running cable through underground
conduit. It works but requires a cooperative mouse and some patience.
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