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Don't bother, home make network cables are notorious for going wrong. Buy a
pre-made cable and you'll get a good connection and speed rate.

Andy


John Chapple <jc@ch-w.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:51mruDAKsZE3EwRV@ch-w.demon.co.uk...
> I borrowed a crimping tool to make up some network cables. I can just
> about put four of the wires (required for 10baseT) in the correct holes
> if they're solid and I cut off the rest, but how the #*#*# do you do it
> if you use the flexible cable & want to get *all* in? There must be a
> trick?.
> If you've ever tried this with phone flex, at least the wires are all
> lined up in the right order!
> AFAICT it's actually bad practice? to put RJ45s on the solid cable,
> besides not actually being designed to flex, there's a chance that the
> connector might not actually make a very postive connection with the
> solid core, whereas the the stranded core is properly pierced.
> --
> John Chapple