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Is a low voltage licence needed to install network cable?

In some places in the US you need a "low voltage licence" to install "low voltage wiring" but I can't seem to find anything that says if this includes network wiring. (I know this will differ from place to place so please state where you are…
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What do I need to know when burying some wire?

We just purchased a building that is right next to our current building with a small gravel "road" in between (that we own). I'm looking to run some wire in a conduit underground to the other building. What type and size of conduit should I get, how…
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How to wire a patch panel with incomplete labels

I have an used lucent 1100CAT5 PS patch panel that I'm intending to use at my church. Yes I know, I should probably get a CAT5e version, but this one will do fine. It's only for light browsing of the internet. The budget is very tight due to a…
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How to support 10-15 users sharing one big open space?

The company I work for is going to be moving offices soon, and the new space is completely lacking in power or ethernet cabling right now. About 1/2 of the total office space is a 30'x30' open room, where the engineering team (about 10 people) will…
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Rackmount Power: NEMA 5 or IEC C14?

Here in the USA, most consumer power strips seem to make use of NEMA 5-20R connectors - they look something like this. However, in the rackmount/datacenter world, I see a lot of power distribution units that accept IEC C14 connections instead, which…
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Cable guides for CAT 5e in the rafters?

I've got to pull six or so lines through the rafters of this building. There's a mess of wire up there, and I'd like to keep these lines separated a bit. Are there any cable guides that could be quickly nailed or fastened to roof trusses for this…
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How to wire two offices on two separate floors together

The company I work for is expanding to a new office on the same building but one floor below. I wondering how best to connect the two network together in order to have one single network. Upstairs we have all internal servers (NAS, domain, etc) and…
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Network card or wiring causing physical damage to a switch?

About two weeks ago I replaced a switch because it had spawned a number of bad ports over the last year. Now, the new switch also has failing ports. Of course I'm looking into the environment. I've already ruled out power issues (tried installing a…
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Network cabling with multiple patch panels?

I am in the very early stages of planning a network cabling upgrade in our office, mainly to upgrade the old cables from Cat5 to either 5e or 6. I am also planning on upgrading all of our 10/100 switches to 10/100/1000 switches. I would like to…
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Resources concerning cabling and wiring

I have some rudimentary knowledge of cabling and wiring but I would like to expand my knowledge. Currently, if we need any rewiring done for our PBX system we call in contractors which is expensive. I'd like to find some resources and guides that…
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Acquiring location - need cable map/toning/testing done in house...tools needed?

I was going to ask "best approach?" but I figured it would be closed. I know how to tone/test a cable...but I'm looking for tools, ideas, approaches that will make the following project manageable and quickly done. PROJECT: We have a new location…
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Is wiring ADSL and Phone lines to a patch panel ok?

Is it OK to wire an POTS line + ADSL line directly into a patch panel? I guess I'm wondering as well why do regular phone jacks have some passive electronic parts inside them. Since wiring it straight onto a patch panel would not have those…
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Phone 8 wire cable for ethernet network?

I have phone 8 wire cable, shielded, with no pairs (wires go along to each other, no twisting). I wonder if I can use this cable for wiring an Ethernet network? Wires in the cable are in the following colors: white green blue red brown grey orange…
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Networking wiring 1000 MB switch with 100 MB router with DHCP

I would like to buy a 1000 Mb network switch and connect it with 100 Mb router which have DHCP server. So I would like to know it computers connected on the 1Gb switch would be able to connect @ 1Gb network speed? I an not sure since DHCP server is…
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Accidentally flipped a pair of Ethernet wires. Why does it still work?

I pulled off my patch panel today to discover that I had originally punched down the green pair (3/6) incorrectly? I never noticed because it all just worked? If it matters, the wiring is CAT6, in a CAT6A patch panel. I pulled off one of the wall…
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