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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Another story from my experience....
For whatever reason, I've only been successful at attaching an RJ45 (the male terminal) once. I just can't get it to work ever. I'm no sparky, but I've watched a million videos and such how to do it, but could never get it right (except once). I consider myself pretty handy. Maybe my crimpers were crap? I don't think I bought the cheap one.
Anyhow, my work around was to terminate the ethernet cable with the female ends (those were easy) and then I bought just little 1, 2 or 3 foot patch cables (have the RJ45 male end on both ends) to connect from the cable in the walls to the router on one end and the computer on the other end.
Hopefully you have better luck, but for whatever reason, attaching the male ends did not work for me. As a side note, I even went to a Fry's Electronics (huge, huge electronics place in the US) and went to their geek squad equivalent desk and offered the guys cash if they would put a male RJ45 end on a length of bulk cable for me. Those nerds actually refused saying that they could never figure it out either!
So beware of that issue that might pop up for you.
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My solution was to also order a patch panel. I thought it would make it look more "professional" in the end. I will need a punch down tool, but it should be easy to use abs should be less hassle than crimping ends on.
Nevertheless, getting excited. Haven't done any really fun house projects in a few years. This should be satisfying once done.