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Figure 18-30 Typical patch cable

Rolling Your Own Patch Cables Although most people prefer simply to

purchase premade patch cables, making your own is fairly easy. To make

your own, use stranded UTP cable that matches the Cat level of your

horizontal cabling. Stranded cable also requires specific crimps, so don’t use

crimps designed for solid cable. Crimping is simple enough, although getting

it right takes some practice.

Figure 18-31 shows the main tool of the crimping trade: an RJ-45 crimper

with both a wire stripper and wire snips built in. Professional cable installers

naturally have a wide variety of other tools as well.

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