Even More Things That Make Installing Cat6 Networks Better and Easier

[@DozIT]

Immediately had to leave the video to buy the stool!

[@federicomendoza6094]

You should look into the Diamondback 701 Tool Vest. A bit of an expensive system since you buy add on items individually but makes it easy to take your every day tools anywhere you go.

[@tciproductions]

I googled it, looks very cool. I might go for the high-vis one. Thanks for this suggestion!

[@Deraco1]

That stool is awesome! Ill will definitely be buying one of those! Good idea on the second pouch. I've been putting debris in the only one I have and have to clean out every once and a while! Great video sir! I bought a small 1 liter dewalt cordless vacuum that works pretty well.

[@SyberPrepper]

Great tips!!!

[@obstaclecourse]

I need at least 250lbs haha.

[@asc684]

Excellent helpers!

[@BladeWDR]

I should definitely grab one of those stools... sometimes carrying a ladder is a bit much. I'm not SUPER fond of the "switch in the ceiling" idea, having an unmanaged switch in the ceiling can sometimes cause unexpected headaches.

[@tciproductions]

I usually label the PoE Injector and tell the end users to reset it if they think the small distro switch is acting up. At least nobody has to get on a ladder to perform that, a nice benefit of PoE :)

[@nikpilkington5468]

super excited to see new content, keep it coming!

[@tciproductions]

Thank you, I got more in the queue soon :)

[@OneTrueKing23]

You are the best! I learned so much from you!

[@LupusYonderboy]

Great tips, thank you. I've been looking into alternative tool cases and pouches. It's getting tiresome hauling a briefcase style toolcase with storage inlays around even though most of the time I only need a few of the tools and materials, depending on the job at hand. I'm considering a backpack, but I have yet to find one that's got enough space and the right amount of compartments and compartment sizes to keep things tidy and separated enough. I'm absolutely gonna get me one of those stools!

[@tciproductions]

I have tried the Milwaukee packout backpack and the klein one, honestly a school bag style one seems better since the tools are all so weirdly shaped it just never really works out. Gotta be made with some good fabric or the sharp edges of tools will kill them.

[@kinto92]

10:40 Is that Batman's utility belt? 😀 +1 on the POE powered switch. TIL that those exists. Do you have any recommendations on tools for fiber installation? Though I used cat6a for my house, I'm kinda interested on the workflow and tools needed for fiber installation. The fiber cable seems to be cheaper but the tools looks expensive.

[@deepspacecow2644]

Use pretermed cable with pulling eyes, or terminate with AFL fastconnects and amazon chinese cleaver/stripper kit.

[@tciproductions]

I'll put a vid together about this, I find the tools expensive and fussy, you need a lot of patience and you'll still have some bad ends now and then. The cables are cheap but you pay for it on the termination side. Highly recommend pre-termed when you can manage it.

[@HueMongus101]

Unifi USW-FLEX is a managed PoE switch that does the same thing. There are a few other switches out there, too. For pulling fiber, there is a tool I picked up "fiber optic cable pulling eye kit" that has a piece of OM2 and a cable mesh. You put the ends of the fiber inside the mesh and wrap the OM2 around your cables. Tape it up and pull on the fish-eye. Very nice system. Very nice tools.

[@tciproductions]

I had a flex in the past and it had issues with VLANs if I didn't have a way to match up with the customer's LAN...oftentimes I don't know the customer's set up so when I deploy the PoE switches I need them to pass all VLAN traffic unmodified so that WAPs and such "just work". I will take another look at the flex, its been a while for me. Good idea on the pulling eye, I have one and didn't think to include that!

[@HueMongus101]

@@tciproductions The Flex will pass all VLANs with the default config. The Flex-Mini has weird limitations.

[@DMoRiaM]

That is a very nice content. I liked the wire puller with the drill. I see a lot of other uses for it!

[@tciproductions]

If only it was a bit cheaper. Maybe someone could 3d print one with a metal printer...

[@ws_stelzi79]

A belt working better and better you get older ... if only that would be a very good and healthy thing! 🤪🤔

[@tciproductions]

Can't fight gravity :)

[@JuanPablo.547]

First!