As a UA-cam nerd, seeing you thumbnail change in the last 9 months, and the thousands of views that brought brings a smile to my face. Came in on the home rack video, now going through the rest, and subbed. Great work.
@@tciproductions I bet! I'm really enjoying it from this side, I only get to see it from the switch and router side but have full admiration for the skill it takes to wire up a building and make it look neat! And then to film it too is brilliant!
I wish I'd found your channel before I ran cables through my house! Thankfully everything worked pretty much first time but I don't want to terminate a cable in a keystone ever again.
Love seeing other techs using the OG pulling pal. If you haven't already I would highly recommend checking out the rev 2 of the pulling pal. The tolerances have been reduced to ensure less snags when pulling.
A term which is often confused is 'termination', when speaking about cables. You 'connectorize' a cable and then you 'terminate' it into an Ethernet switch. If a cable is fitted with an RJ45 connector and is left dangling behind a rack, it is connectorized but not terminated.
The cable ENDS at whatever. Terminate is still correct. Terminate is also the term used to match line Impedance (RS485, thick/thin Ethernet...). The important thing is do it properly.
To be honest I bought one of those cheap knockoffs from Amazon, it was one of the first things I bought when I was going to be doing a lot of cat 6a. I bought that cheap knockoff you got there in the video.
ICC all in one RJ45 punch downs works great. We have two for each tech, one for EZ-Jack and one for HD. Cable Matters needs to make an all in one punch down tool for the less expensive RJ45 keystone and not just the slim.
I see a lot about pulling cables through drop ceilings, but not alot about pulling cables through drywall. Would you still go through the ceiling or would you go up the wall for a residential cable pull?
Residential I have to be careful, each house has its own sort of build style, so I explore my options carefully. If there is a proper attic or crawlspace, I will drill downwards through the framing to try to get into the hollow space of a living room wall or similar. If there is no attic, I might go around the eaves exterior and try to poke in and bring the cable down the hollow wall. In Hawaii, many of our walls are solid and have no hollow space, so sometimes we try to use the under-house crawl space and poke upwards. It varies a lot.
Stripping the wire is wrong! Use the pull cord. Don't strip it like an electrical wire. Pull cords are provided on every decent brand of cable. This way there is absolutely no risk of nicking the cables. Pull cords are discussed in any decent cabling book or cabling course.
how do you like the LanTek? They claim their tests are 1 or 2 seconds faster than Fluke. But the menus are slow and the touchscreen is worse than most ticket-vending maschines.
It does the actual tests fine for my taste when testing cat6a. I think their fiber module and software is a mess, but that's my opinion only. I find the user interface so slow as to be excruciating. With that in mind, if you have one, you can trade it back to the company for a LanTek IV-S, which is a lot faster CPU and logic board and solves a lot of the responsiveness complaints. If you can afford the fluke, I would skip this unit honestly.
The deep cable manager is cool, but I definitely don't want a big cover that says "NEAT-PATCH" in a huge font! Also I don't think I could trust a Chinesium cable tester. It's crucial to know for sure every run is good.
The way you stripped that cable with those knipex cutters makes me nervous. They hardly lightly score the jacket. Better to get the right tool for the job. And that cable pulley comes in a set at 60 bucks. Not exactly a "few dollars".
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
As a UA-cam nerd, seeing you thumbnail change in the last 9 months, and the thousands of views that brought brings a smile to my face. Came in on the home rack video, now going through the rest, and subbed. Great work.
Thanks for that. I am learning a whole lot in the process, it is quite the rabbit hole.
@@tciproductions I bet! I'm really enjoying it from this side, I only get to see it from the switch and router side but have full admiration for the skill it takes to wire up a building and make it look neat! And then to film it too is brilliant!
Definition of a word Professional it’s you I learned a lot with you thank you very much 🤙🏿
I am studying network engineering and cloud architecture. I can’t tell you how much I am glad that I have found this channel.
Amazing job sir!
You are definitely a Pro! Congratulations!
I wish I'd found your channel before I ran cables through my house! Thankfully everything worked pretty much first time but I don't want to terminate a cable in a keystone ever again.
Love seeing other techs using the OG pulling pal. If you haven't already I would highly recommend checking out the rev 2 of the pulling pal. The tolerances have been reduced to ensure less snags when pulling.
A term which is often confused is 'termination', when speaking about cables. You 'connectorize' a cable and then you 'terminate' it into an Ethernet switch. If a cable is fitted with an RJ45 connector and is left dangling behind a rack, it is connectorized but not terminated.
The cable ENDS at whatever. Terminate is still correct. Terminate is also the term used to match line Impedance (RS485, thick/thin Ethernet...). The important thing is do it properly.
Appreciate the content. Very clearly laid out and educational!
To be honest I bought one of those cheap knockoffs from Amazon, it was one of the first things I bought when I was going to be doing a lot of cat 6a. I bought that cheap knockoff you got there in the video.
Great content Derrick! 🤙
ICC all in one RJ45 punch downs works great. We have two for each tech, one for EZ-Jack and one for HD. Cable Matters needs to make an all in one punch down tool for the less expensive RJ45 keystone and not just the slim.
Al those nice to have tools (and some need to have), what tool do you prefer for mounting RJ45 connectors
I see a lot about pulling cables through drop ceilings, but not alot about pulling cables through drywall. Would you still go through the ceiling or would you go up the wall for a residential cable pull?
Residential I have to be careful, each house has its own sort of build style, so I explore my options carefully. If there is a proper attic or crawlspace, I will drill downwards through the framing to try to get into the hollow space of a living room wall or similar. If there is no attic, I might go around the eaves exterior and try to poke in and bring the cable down the hollow wall. In Hawaii, many of our walls are solid and have no hollow space, so sometimes we try to use the under-house crawl space and poke upwards. It varies a lot.
I want to do this!
I like the slightly out of sync audio. Reminds me of old kung-fu movies.
“So! You think your Cat-fu style can defeat me?! En garde!”
I suck at editing, those are the results :) Maybe kung-fu vids are my untapped talent.
what about getting through fireblocks easy
Stripping the wire is wrong! Use the pull cord. Don't strip it like an electrical wire. Pull cords are provided on every decent brand of cable. This way there is absolutely no risk of nicking the cables. Pull cords are discussed in any decent cabling book or cabling course.
how do you like the LanTek? They claim their tests are 1 or 2 seconds faster than Fluke. But the menus are slow and the touchscreen is worse than most ticket-vending maschines.
It does the actual tests fine for my taste when testing cat6a. I think their fiber module and software is a mess, but that's my opinion only. I find the user interface so slow as to be excruciating. With that in mind, if you have one, you can trade it back to the company for a LanTek IV-S, which is a lot faster CPU and logic board and solves a lot of the responsiveness complaints. If you can afford the fluke, I would skip this unit honestly.
Pockethernet, if you get one you’ll be the happiest tech on the planet.
Bought one and loved it, lost the darn thing pretty much right away though.
Hmm. I notice that the audio sync on this video seems to be a bit off. But great information provided!
Were you watching on a roku? I’m watching on my iPhone, and haven’t noticed any audio drift.
Content is great. Audio made me feel like I was having a bad trip or something.
Very good Mahalo!
The deep cable manager is cool, but I definitely don't want a big cover that says "NEAT-PATCH" in a huge font! Also I don't think I could trust a Chinesium cable tester. It's crucial to know for sure every run is good.
The neatpatch is divisive for sure. I would use a knockoff brand if I could find one. Might be fun to 3D print your own and put your own logo on it.
There are Klein Tools VDV testers that are cheaper than Fluke and more trustworthy than chinesium.
super
6:05 - Cheap Amazon knock-off tester
Cool info. Bad audio sync.
Good hai
👍
The way you stripped that cable with those knipex cutters makes me nervous. They hardly lightly score the jacket. Better to get the right tool for the job. And that cable pulley comes in a set at 60 bucks. Not exactly a "few dollars".
Whomever is holding the tool is in charge of how scored the jacket is. I am just used to that tool, use whatever works for you.
😮😮😮😮
audio sounds generated.
Wait, a "Cat6 specific pulley"? If only it would work with any other kind of wire, what a shame.
it does work with other wiring lol
Snot "Wire", its "Cable", sez it right on the box.....dadgumn rookie.
Your voice sounds ai generated