Brad06ag said:
UmustBKidding said:
Cables should not be terminated in plugs they should be jacks or punch down blocks. Also most people terminating cables have no clue what tia568 is
I like to run male ends on all cables. At the walls, I can use female-female keystones and move on. It makes it easier for me to test cables and, with the through connector type rj45 ends, I can run them quickly, easily and cleanly with no issues. It may not be the "right" solution, but I think there are a lots of perks to running that way for my preferences.
How is it easier? They take longer to terminate. They're more likely to not work when you terminate them. You're buying a connector AND a keystone jack so its marginally more expensive. Punchdown blocks are easier than rj45 connectors,... I've done hundreds of rj45 terminations.
The only perk is that you don't have to have a couple short ethernet cables to connect to the tester, and those are good to have around anyway. It doesn't make sense.
What are the "lots of perks" to doing it this way?