You ought to consider using cat 6 instead of 5.

"Justin" wrote in message
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Do not strip the wires....punch them down with the plastic around the
copper.




"Gary Tait" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:55:33 GMT, "Pygoscelis Papua"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Hey there,

I was trying to crimp some cat5 ethernet cable last night. I
stripped
the wires and used a punch down tool to press the wires into the
connectors, but the wires would come loose before I could get all of
them crimped. The cat5 cable uses stranded wire, and I'm wondering
if
this is what is causing my problems. I had already crimped a phone
line without problems.

Assuming that the stranded wire is the problem, is there some kind of
marette that can be used for slicing solid wire to the stranded wire?
I could then crimp the solid wire to my connector and tuck everything
into the wall behind the connector faceplate.

thanks

CAT5 should be solid.


For in the walls. They sell a flex variety for patches.