[Tfug] Patch cords

[Tyler Kilian]

I think you are over complicating this.  I wouldn't worry about "abuse" on any cable scenario you mentioned.  You can make a custom cable without worry if better suits your needs.

On Sep 29, 2012, at 11:22 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> --- On Sat, 9/29/12, az teech <azteech at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Providing you have all he RJ45 ends for cat5e/cat6, and you have the 
>> appropriate crimping tool, the cords are easy enough to re-fabricate to 
>> the length you need. Plenty of instructions out there on how to make 
>> them. Also, if you look at the ends, you should be able to figure out 
>> the proper color code to match.
> 
> Yes, I regularly "make cords".  But, only for situations where
> the cord sees very little abuse.  E.g., the drops that feed my
> access points all terminate in RJ45 plugs (which connect
> directly to the access points).  These are effectively "never
> unplugged" -- since the access points are affixed to the
> ceiling/wall (and thus unlikely to move) and the cords that
> connect to them are equally unlikely to require movement.
> 
> At the other extreme, are individual machines being plugged/unplugged
> into nearby wall jacks -- those cables see *frequent* (ab)use.
> 
> The patch cords connecting patch panel to switches are somewhere
> in the middle in terms of use/abuse.  They are moved far less
> often than a machine plugged/unplugged to/from a wall jack.
> Yet, *sometimes* are moved as the network topology is reconfigured
> (and drops move from one switch to another, etc.)
> 
> Flakey/intermittent cords aren't worth the savings to make them
> yourself.  OTOH, getting several different sizes (all very
> similar -- 1 ft, 1.5 ft, 2 ft, 2.5 ft, 3 ft, etc.) from a COTS
> source would probably be difficult.  The alternative of using,
> for example, 3 ft for everything less than 3 ft and 6 ft for
> those longer (yet less than 6 ft) results in just too much
> slop in this little area.  <frown>
> 
> --don
> 
> 
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