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[@coraxor]

"This is just temporary". Also know as - it works, it will stay like this forever.

[@oldfrend]

aka how all men organize their lives. 'it works, pizza and beer time'

[@kylemanderfield9002]

THAT IS SO ACCURATE!!!!!!!!! LMFAO

[@trog69]

@@kylemanderfield9002 I've been meaning to rearrange my pc/sound system for about two years now. Sounds great, though.

[@bartomiej9807]

I know it as "temperary solutions are eternal".

[@ShadowManceri]

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary solution.

[@CraftComputing]

Jay... Can I fly down and fix your network? I'll even bring beer. But please... I can't live with it this way...

[@wulfzige9355]

That is content we like to see too, and lose the netgear

[@AlexCreemers]

Yes Jeff. Please help him out. This is going to be awesome content.

[@christianwentz5020]

You beat me to it. It is still driving me nuts!

[@epic27]

Yes, and lets get him a real AP as well.

[@oldfrend]

as a not-networking-expert, what's wrong with jay's?

[@thenujayawarnakulasuriya7760]

Jay: I'm getting dropouts at 600mbps Me: hell ye, 20mbps lets play some cod

[@nenaddinic9803]

Me: hell ye 6mbps let's play some games

[@ArmChairPlum]

So long as ye ping is low go for it!

[@krazylion9743]

I can’t get over one if I could download it by next year

[@ryze9153]

@@nenaddinic9803 me: fuck yea 430mbps lets do this shit

[@ryze9153]

@@nenaddinic9803 and also 5 ping...

[@kylecook1277]

"we don't have a server" +Linus wants to know your location+

[@0Forest]

what ...?

[@grtsmts953]

@@0Forest Linus Tech tips....He has like 10 videos of installing servers ;)

[@parleseniortv2685]

@@grtsmts953 he is a newbie

[@ashutoshffs]

Yess i want to

[@Finallybianca]

Considering he is in the same Building as Austin, Austin should just host on the Server Linus built for him.

[@broodjekaas820]

"these strippers take all my money!" -jayztwocents, 2019

[@techdiyer5290]

you mean they STRIP all his money.

[@superhalo117]

Watching Jay feed wires individually into the connector rather than all at once was painful. So much more difficult!

[@25566]

and then using that connector to plug into the socket!!! just buy the regular patch panel sockets and stop this nonsense

[@deminybs]

Lol hey he told me these comments would be here

[@topedoworks]

hurts my eye really bad.

[@Macabri_2k10]

he already uses pass through connectors, then makes it 20000times harder on himself....

[@zacheriashelm]

Right.

[@vote4carp]

I would gladly offer my years of wiring experience to redo this entire office in exchange for some custom OC'ing my Jay and Phil. lol

[@SleepLessThan3]

Me too, except my wiring experience isn't with buildings in mind haha

[@leeverink32]

it works so...........wy its only for testing

[@DerAraber]

I'm an Electronics technician for industrial engineering (from Germany), let's team up and do it together, and afterwards BBQ 😁

[@jcmexy4655]

I’ll help too..I don’t have any skills you all have ..but IM AWESOME WITH A GRILL ILL GET BEER

[@SleepLessThan3]

Party time lmfao

[@ErufuLP]

"we only get 700mb/s...." Thats nearly 8× my Internet Connection Wire.... Welcome to Germany 🤣

[@isaachodson892]

2:43 Here in Australia, we consider 10 - 20 Mbps a good day (up or down)

[@JessieDoidge]

really? my old house had 100mbps down 40 up, my new place i thought was slow is 50mbps down 20 up. thats in the middle of nowhere south oz. Hopefully you get some fibre to the premises soon man

[@kanethomo2483]

I get 25 up 16down in south Australia

[@fadivulrex2017]

10mbs 0.70 in NJ when 1000mbs is the highest in my area. Mother pays for shit internet yet pays 5 times the value. 😀

[@isaachodson892]

@@JessieDoidge At least once a year we have our area's cable repaired due to floods so that alone sets back the eventual fibre upgrade

[@kaldo_kaldo]

And yet Europe makes fun of us when we are content with our speeds in the US. Is 10gbps nice? Of course. But 1gbps isn't so bad.

[@studlyruddly16]

Phil is Jay's laughtrack. The smallest joke has Phil dying of laughter, and I love it

[@bothellkenmore]

Phil's a good editor, you're the one who said laugh track, think about it.

[@builderphill1361]

@@bothellkenmore what

[@nickllama5296]

"Never use another man's hole." - Professional cable installer on why he drilled a completely superfluous hole.

[@evantaur]

I'd like this comment but it's 69...

[@salsaproductions6286]

@@evantaur wow, i was about to like until i realized 😭

[@fsociety6654]

I like how you don't edit out some issues, even simple ones because in this world it often goes wrong and all those perfect video instruction out there wouldn't help you in those "it didn't go as shown, now what" situations. 👍

[@BDBD16]

Why didnt you go Cat 7??? SERIOUSLY DONT YOU WANT TO PAY 20 PER KEYSTONE?!?!?!"?!

[@1sonyzz]

why you dont go cat99?

[@Deltax5]

WHy not cat 9. Why not dog

[@Takeangel1995]

Funny, in Switzerland Cat 7 is the standard cable nowadays.

[@handy5996]

yep in germany too

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

Cat8 Ethernet cable is a thing check Amazon

[@Pigeon__Man]

As someone who snakes walls and dozens of cat6 ends on a daily basis, this hurt me at a spiritual level. But good on you for DIYing it and anyone else who learned something new.

[@furiousd5855]

I agree.

[@admin8244]

Did the screws in the dry wall installed by a professional also hurt you on a spiritual level....

[@katnerd6712]

@@admin8244 That's done because many of the installers have to buy their own supplies. It's cheaper to just get a large amount of one type that is used most of the time and use it everywhere than to buy every type of supply. Was it the wrong box? Yes. Was it going to fall out of the wall if Jay had not replaced it? No.

[@ArifKamaruzaman]

How to snake correctly?

[@thesylversnake3753]

@Pigeon Man watching this really started messing with my cable OCD. The way he was working with that cat6 was near brutal. Side note: cable strippers are too unreliable, I prefer a pin head precision driver down through the sheath then pop it out about 2cm down then cut away the rest by a small set of side cutters. So much easier and neater.

[@snap-off5383]

11:24, put them side by side in order in between 2 fingers then cut the ends off flush and put them all in at the same time.

[@jakecrowley6]

This, and you don't even need to cut the ends off flush when you use passthrough connectors.

[@shawnshurtz9147]

@@jakecrowley6 no just no. Never in my life. 750 ends in 3 days. All three piece ends 2 bad connections one was bad because it was missing pins. Smh.

[@JerryDodge]

Jay: buys Cat6 to keep people from complaining in the comments. Also Jay: doesn't wire up the ends the way you're supposed to.

[@LightStrikerQc]

"Military grade..." If you ever served in the military, hearing that you would be afraid of the quality!

[@x0myspace0x]

Military grade AKA lowest bidder.

[@ZF-Rider]

@@x0myspace0x don't tell them lol

[@TheStruggleFest]

Former 2A332B this is a true story.

[@studlyruddly16]

If I pay extra can I get the civilian grade?🤣

[@louisarius9672]

'Military Grade' safety harness is what scares me most.

[@Turbomaniac7]

You need Cat7a cables, installed according to the ISO/IEC 11801-5 standard. :-D

[@bocarrell7881]

Simon Stenberg big facts

[@brandoneich2412]

Didn't know of cat7a but I knew there was cat 6a. :)

[@icekohl]

Cat 8 is now ratified but I'm like, why not OM5? A PON system would be nice in a situation like this also.

[@SeptrothFFXI]

Go right for fiber 😂

[@knightsljx]

@@brandoneich2412 Cat7/7A are not TIA standards

[@jayduke3373]

I do this for a living and this was painful to watch but that being said good for you for putting yourself out there and doing something you're not that comfortable doing for us to watch. thank you for the content.

[@cryo_life]

9:18 "These strippers are taking all my money!" 😉😂

[@caleb580]

I wish i could like this twice!!

[@cryo_life]

@@caleb580 3 😊

[@codeyabc7927]

I install fiber and ethernet cable all the time. And when I have to replace it it's really aggravating to see someone use the wrong box or just use the wall plate with no box behind it at all. Thought I was the only one it bothered

[@jon4715]

what happens if you don’t use the box behind the wall plate?

[@tomlindo2863]

@@jon4715 op loses his shirt.

[@mathias3497]

@@jon4715 nothing for low voltage stuff.... you can just use a low voltage ring or lv1s which is basically a black ring with those tabs he shows and the cover plate screws into it. that is what you will see in most commercial buildings with a cut in.

[@Chukijay]

It bothers those of us that do this in a commercial setting for a living, but it’s really not required residentially or anything low voltage. It’s more of being thorough and showing your good work than it is anything else

[@gtbarsi1103]

Next time use renovator's plates instead of the box.

[@dstarfire42]

Oh Oh Oh. I actually spotted your mistake with the wires at 8:00 . You're using a Fisher Price 'My First Wire Stripper'.

[@gordug]

Turning it the wrong way

[@akdragon]

It looks like a Coax Stripper not a CAT5/6 stripper

[@SE45CX]

Yeah, just because you like a tool doesn't mean you do a decent job with it. I would recommend magnifying glasses to see if you have damaged the insulation.

[@GameFreak7744]

The cheap lil thing I got with a cheap kit is way worse than that thing. You just gotta be super careful how you feed the cable into in and how much pressure is put on the blade, if you used it like he does the one in this video you'd just cut every single wire. xD

[@MrWhoey]

That's actually a Klein combo RG6 CAT5/6 stripper. Best I've ever used for cat5/6. His problem is he's spinning it too much. When prepping CAT5/6 you only need one revolution, otherwise it starts cutting into the twisted pairs.

[@ziggylink9019]

For anyone reading, here’s a practical tip: When fishing wires, the fiber glass “glow sticks” that you can screw together are much easier to work with than the spool of fish tape. I personally just use electrical tape to secure the cable to it. You simply aren’t going to go more than 15 feet with a single pull. For super long straight runs, pull a nylon string through first and use that to pull the cable.

[@Erifest]

yeah those fish tape are trash.... gravity works way better... glow sticks are amazing for horizantly fishing

[@nickwallette6201]

Having both fish tape and pull sticks is a must! But, I also like to use some high-strength string with a big old bolt on the end of it. Drop that from the top and you know it will go straight down, _and_ how far along the wall you are by all the banging. Not so helpful if there's fiberglass insulation in the wall cavity, but in most interior walls, there isn't any, so it's quick and easy.

[@rucky1419]

Phil’s laugh is so infectious! You two are a good duo 😄

[@andrewbobucky4612]

Oh man, putting wires into the connector 1 at a time. Face palm. Next time do about a half to 3/4 turn with the stripper, bend, break and pull the jacket off. Flatten them all out in the right order, clip the ends even and put all 8 in at the same time. So much easier.

[@aisacirema7841]

Found the IT guy

[@matthewtremain683]

Ha ha ha, all at once is so much easier. Using my pocket knife would be easier to me than what it was for Jay and that stripper.

[@teemup9247]

I was thinking the same lol

[@aanesijr]

Haha this was my first thought too. After about 50 or so you can eyeball the length you need for the regular RJ45 tips, but man, pass through were a huge quality of life improvement when they came out.

[@Kavukamari]

@@matthewtremain683 introducing a stripper to a pocket knife is a good way to end up in jail

[@snowdemon14]

When you started feeding 1 wire at a time into the RJ-45 end I died a little on the inside. Still though great job 👍

[@dierandomdie]

Same. Never tried it but it seems like it'd be much more difficult.

[@justinw.7407]

@@dierandomdie Actually, when I started doing cable pulling for cat5e/cat6, I found it super hard to put the cables all in together at the same time and needed some tips. I seem to have it down now, but I understand why Jay would be doing this.

[@snowdemon14]

@@dierandomdie Never tried that either, but I guess if the twisted pairs were super long like Jay had it could be easier?

[@snowdemon14]

@@justinw.7407 My biggest tip I always give is straighten out the wires (twisted pairs) once you get them lined up in the order you want. I use the backside of my scissors in my kit like if I was making curly ribbons lol it doesn't remove any of the wire cover and it gets them perfectly straight which helps out with getting them all in at once in their correct channel within the RJ-45

[@dierandomdie]

@@snowdemon14 backside of the scissors in the Klein VDV kit have ridges which I guess makes it easier for exactly that. That's what I use it for at least.

[@topfuelr473]

I really enjoyed watching you have to keep redoing the ends. Now I know I'm not the only one that's done that. Spin that thing to many times and it cuts into the conductor. Keep up the good work.

[@garthv3]

Years after this video is released still makes me laugh every time I watch it bring a smile to me well done

[@OldBuford]

Screw the naysayers, I like that your channel keeps it fresh with stuff like this. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the tech stuff too but like most real people, it's not the entirety of my interests

[@SirFlukealot]

Jay: complains about 600mbps down Me: Looks at my 2mbps connection struggling to download a 100mb game patch, "this is fine"

[@jeremiahnelson6390]

*cries in 1mps connection*

[@bloodcarver913]

Game patches is more like 7.5GB...did FFXIV now ^^ and I have a whopping 15mb line...

[@TechnoboxOG]

Laughs in 6mbps

[@migchielfaber49]

oh man and I'm complaining about 50/10 why can I get fiber here!

[@sopcannon]

imagine trying to download forza 3 or 4 at 60gigs ! or gaming on the cloud

[@smkralik1]

I remember first learning to wire and terminate category and coaxial cables, and it was frustrating. Now it’s the easiest thing most of the time. It’s interesting to see Jay’s experience; it’s a good reminder of what it’s like for someone that hasn’t necessarily done it before.

[@sysrek]

hey Jay, just want to say thanks for not being lazy and showing how to do your own work. Kudos to you brother

[@johnnyxp64]

"but Jay why you didn't use Cat7?" 🤣🤣🤣 jk

[@theoldone22]

Cat7a!

[@yurimodin7333]

fiber or bust :P

[@samster1oooooo]

As an electrician, this is damn funny/cringey to watch. 👍

[@dudeistpriest7402]

I agree with that 💯

[@LokiCDK]

Keep chucklin' sparky.

[@hii508]

Same, foreign colleague.

[@geeemmz4823]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@ChristopherGaul]

As an IT professional it's funny watching electricians install networks.

[@joaomanoellima5947]

It must be really fun working with you And props to getting this new place, it looks awesome and huge!

[@MICHIGANLIFEWITHDOGS]

4:45 Get the Class-2 orange boxes. They are much easier to work with and you don't need the back for Class-2 wiring. Home Depot has them in the finish section with all the networking stuff. I just use a sharp utility knife and lightly score the sheath of the cable and use the stiffening string inside the cable to just pull back the insulation. If you score through the insulation and hit the conductors they will either break or leave exposed copper which can eventually corrode or short. It's also imperative to keep the strands twisted as tightly as possible and only deviate up to 1 cm of untwisted pairs.

[@Brendan_Keyport-WA7BMK]

I was gonna say, open back low voltage boxes would be much better there.

[@lytheus69]

"we pay for 1000 so we should be getting 800-900" in australia we pay for 100 and get 10...

[@dwindeyer]

I'm in Australia, I pay for 100 and get 97

[@lytheus69]

@@dwindeyer you're lucky then, almost everywhere in regional australia outside the cities nbn uses fttn so we barely get 10mbps, the copper cables drop off speed so fast, the node is only just up the street from our house and we have awful speeds

[@deadalways]

In India it's worse

[@lytheus69]

@@deadalways yeah but that's understandable for a country where its population still shits in the street

[@dwindeyer]

@@lytheus69 I am pretty lucky.. TPG installed private fibre lines near my house so I get to completely avoid the catastrophe that is NBN

[@Tafmoto]

Jay: 600mbps isn't enough Me with 50mbps: wow I downloaded a 20 gig file in 3 hours that's fast!

[@tbnprathades1631]

6mb/s took me 2/5 day to download gta v

[@lukasstadler6594]

Coming from Germany, I have to agree with you on so many levels.

[@UnGa11o]

50 Mbs downloads 20 gigs in one hour liar lol

[@luckypatchtoo6903]

I AM CONNECTED TO 100 MBPS AND I ONLY GET 5 YAY

[@KarlClarkeMusic]

Was on 100 this year and having to downgrade new year in a new house to 10. I am trying to get people in the area to request fibre from the council.

[@sir-jj3552]

Being an old-ISH truck driver, most of your content I have to watch over and over to understand it, my head gets overloaded quickly, information comes so fast man but I love it. DIY love to hate it but its what i do too for me its about the $, oh and I only had to watch this post once I got it first time round. FS2020, my systems Min spec has been shafted by recent updates, clear skies only now, so would you could you do some content on a budget build designed around FS2020 requirements for us Australian simmers, every item we buy down here we have to add 30% on the Dollar, I get how it works but it still hurts. Love your channel, passion and enthusiasm, good job, all of you. Stay safe.

[@DiegoPlentz]

2:45 tests internet: 700mb "this sucks!!" this changes everything 13:57 tests again: 680mb

[@Reap511]

Jay runs wire through a fiberglass/insulation filled wall moments later, Jay rubs his eye GLHF Jay. Hopefully you didn't make a horrible mistake lol

[@cembasoglu3931]

stfu

[@mallac4545]

@@cembasoglu3931 Someone had a bad day?

[@cembasoglu3931]

Mallac chill bro, just laughing about your stupidity

[@user-zn5ph3dm6e]

@@cembasoglu3931 and how's the guy stupid though?

[@mallac4545]

@@cembasoglu3931 What did I say?

[@joshuabowen6139]

As a network guy, can confirm I was cringing and thought I could do it 200x faster.

[@koofdome]

Jay is such a chill dude lol, his sense of dry humor and just fun commentary makes him such a chill dude lmao. Plus he's a fucking guru with computer things.

[@elvenlogic]

I have learned something new about drywall boxes, thank you

[@iviaverick52]

11:05 I'm dying here, you are supposed to just push them all in at once. The connector has guides to keep them separated and in order!

[@ryanb7476]

I do about 100 crimps every week, quite amusing to watch XD

[@coryhaberberger9437]

It hurt to watch that

[@cuttinchops]

I think my dentist will diagnose me with TMJ now!

[@amak1131]

@@luckyshadow13 Punchdown keystones are FAR easier, tbh. Takes some time to get used to, but my god are they faster. Then, you can just buy patch cables.

[@ivangutowski]

Annoying.. You mean concerning, for a peopper tech channel !?

[@kimsballs]

-Why didn't you hire someone? -I did, he drilled a hole in the wall and put wood screws in drywall. -I'll do it myself.

[@2Fast4Mellow]

Or you call the installer and let him redo it. That is what you paid him for in the first place..

[@markstratton3924]

@@2Fast4Mellow Definition of a professional: someone you pay to do something you can more than likely do yourself (and I was a professional installer)

[@michelrail]

Hi Jay, if you noticed, there's a nylon string that keeps the 4 pairs together inside. It can also serve as a cutter for the insulation. Just cut back the insulation a bit, take needle nose pliers and wrap the nylon string around the tip of your pliers and pull back the insulation. Your wires will not be nicked and therefore will not break off. Each pair of wire has a different amount to twist per inch. Pair 1 has the most. Pair 2 has less. And pair 4 has the least. Originally, the pin out was arranged so you could have a phone line and twisted pair Ethernet on the same wire. So pair 1 was for the phone and pair 2 and 3 were for TP Ethernet. If you want better noise immunity, you want to use pair 1 and 2. That's the blue and orange pair respectively. This will give you the best connectivity. If you break a pair and can't run a new cable, you can use one of the other pairs, but you will lose some signal strength. Note that the pairs I'm referring to are in the wire. So the actual pair colour makes a difference.

[@UnhingedSystems]

Watching the cable building brought back some memories. Once you've done it a thousand times you almost forget how hard it was at the start.

[@andycanfixit]

Yeah I was watching and like what in the hell is he doing? Oh he's obviously never done this before.... got it! lol

[@alexcollins1973]

That was hardest way to use an EZ RJ45 I’ve ever seen lmao

[@Jrodks761]

just pull the string never go wrong lol

[@maxsteinhauser]

how are you supposed to use it?

[@markm0000]

Max Steinhauser the cable has a pull string in the center. Pull it back and it cuts the sheathing. Use snips to cut the excess. Straighten the twisted pair. Line up the colors. Pinch hard. Cut the wires straight across. Push wires firmly into the underside of the connector until they stop. Make sure the sheathing is past the crimp area for stress relief. Crimp down tight for a solid connector. Check all the copper connectors should be straight, equal height, centered on the wires, and firmly pressed into the wires. Now realize you forgot your boot.

[@bob1412]

Mark M nice profile picture

[@donagnew8481]

i cringed as i watched jay channel his inner linus

[@ipaska]

Hey Jay, when you use the stripper tool and remove the jacket, grab the nylon string inside the jacket and pull hard. It will pull back the jacket of the cable further and you can now rest assured those copper UTP will be untouched and scored by the stripping tool. Hope this makes sense and helps :)

[@ipaska]

@Majestic Beardsman the reason they broke was Jay was using the incorrect slot for the stripper tool for first tries. So that slot is meant for tougher cable that has a metal shield, which is harder to strip. You should only have to rotate the stripper tool one full cycle if its brand new maybe two if it's a really old stripper tool for cat5e or cat6 cable.

[@somethingsomethingsomethingdar]

No no no NOOOO

[@TheBurzhuy]

Thanks for discovering these RJ-45 Pass Thru connectors! Never seen them before. These are genius!

[@KKrebs77]

Discovered your channel recently and really enjoy this kind of DIY content as well.

[@SGTWynterblast]

Why'd you use CAT 6 you could have saved a bunch of money by using CAT 5e with the same result! JK JK great video Jay!

[@mahu142]

In europe, CAT 7 cables used for installation are even cheaper than CAT5 cables for installation because they are more common

[@1c003]

Why go with CAT5e when you can go with OptiCat5e chuck some fibre connectors on the end, she'll be right! ~ lel

[@MittyBruz]

Where I live cat6 is cheaper than cat5

[@NoobWiper]

Haha😂

[@D3thN1ght]

I just got a 50ft cat 7 cable. Why not get that even.

[@lexzbuddy]

Here I the UK, I went to a local company to run cat6 and audio cable. They quoted £4500 and would not use the plates I wanted or run the cable the route i needed. So, i did it myself. It's awesome, better quality than they offered and cost me a couple of hundred to do. Mind blowing really. Good video by the way.

[@ronmerkus5941]

Is that like over 7 grand in Canadian or 5 grand usa?

[@ronmerkus5941]

Thats insane to charge some one that amount of money, makes me wonder what my boss charges now for when i am running low voltage cable and cat5e and fiber optic

[@Mr.Ionic1875]

Keep it up Jay. I've learned a lot and enjoy the videos.

[@ItsKapow]

It makes a big difference replacing copper. When I was on ADSL2 I was getting 8Mbps down, I replaced the phone line coming in from the street with Cat 6 and got 23Mbps down, big improvement.

[@Pivitone]

As a network tech this is indeed painful to watch 😅😂 but great video as always 👍👍

[@alexatkin]

As someone utterly hopeless with network cable, seeing him try to wire the RJ45 connector one conductor at a time was still painful. With the straight through connectors you have much more to work with to get them straight FIRST so they all go in together without issue. On the other hand it does make me feel more comfortable with my own lack of skill and maybe that's the point. ;)

[@macswi]

Why is it so painful to watch? What are the mistakes?

[@BeanSpeeds]

agreed lol

[@Pivitone]

@@macswi he was just terminating those ends rather slowly. But I'm the same way sometimes without my coffee! 🤷‍♂️ no judgement! 😎

[@technologyanimals]

​@@macswi keystone jacks + punch is the way to go

[@thegirthquake8574]

>Didn't go CAT6e/CAT7 YOU WILL NOT GET OFF THE HOOK JAY Also make sure you get a cable tester before you plug things in! Yes. I'm THAT Networking Engineer.

[@extradarlas1941]

I would have done 6e

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

Cat8 Ethernet cable

[@techjedi2878]

There is no such thing as cat 6e

[@thelonewanderer420]

Tech Jedi it’s rare but it does exist

[@Brandon318]

@@thelonewanderer420 Cat6e isn't a real standard, it's just what some vendors have labeled Cat6 with a spline through the cable to separate the pairs. The real update to Cat6 is known as Cat6A.

[@firenutz698]

I wanted to say that I learned a lot watching this video thanks Jay and Phil!

[@jlmccabe]

Jay, I'm a handicapped guy going through CCNA school and even with only having use of one hand I didn't have nearly the struggle making a cat6 cable as you did.

[@FireballFarts]

Ah, Spectrum. I could recognize their handiwork

[@Skywal5677]

Comcast/Xfinity does the same terrible thing. My wall plate actually came out of the wall

[@kaldo_kaldo]

In the original Charter areas, the techs are a lot better. It's a shame that in the new areas they aren't good.

[@martinpantoja2423]

You think that’s bad? I had the cable connection moved that was for some reason behind the stove to my bedroom dude just ran a cable from original point around the house hanging off the baranda off the two windows to a hole he just drilled all the way through and pulled the cable through I had to go back and put some rubber seals in just to avoid bugs haha

[@Dem0n1337]

I has a Spectrum guy give me 10 3 foot cables and splitters and such because he cant make a 30 foot cable. I came home to like 12-13 splitters SCREWED INTO MY WALL!!!

[@oldfrend]

do cable installers receive any certification in contracting work at all? or are they really just trained networking guys halfassing the installs like we all are?

[@DM-sm2ke]

Please get a $5 network cord tester to make sure those wires work, to save yourself weeks of headaches in the future.

[@Basic_IT_skills]

Or maybe just use the right hole in the cable stripper? That could also work. :D

[@aure_eti]

Don't need to buy anything if you have a laptop with an Ethernet port ...

[@433honda334]

I personally don't trust anything below around $40 for a tester. (I'm an IT Manager with a Networking background) The reason being, the ones we've deployed below around $50-60 have all given some, incorrect readings. We found it was often due to not enough signal strength being pushed through the cable (it has to have enough to go up, then back down the line) or that only having the cap for other end had to be set perfectly on the jack. I was on a site one time, and a guy had a cheaper model no name one, and a pre-made patch cable was testing bad on his tester, but on my Klein Pro Scout 2, it tested good, and plugged into my laptop worked perfectly fine. Guy said he paid $10 for it, and had trusted it for over a year. I can't even imagine how many cables that guy had to remake, especially on longer pulls. I've had my Klein for a while now, and probably tested a few thousand cables by now, and haven't had one be wrong on me, or any of my techs below me. (We also bought them the same tester) Southwire also makes a great cable tester, for the $60-100 range. If you want the best of the best (which I imagine that you don't, if you're after a $5 tester) then jump on a Fluke if at all possible. There is a reason Amazon has over 800 reviews on a tester that is also over $800 USD.

[@aure_eti]

@@433honda334 but what do tester do that a computer doesn't ? I mean you juste test of the cable work so if the computer have internet it's all good .

[@TheAfmart]

get a 10k tester :V

[@Flakymac]

Great video! As a former home technician for a Canadian telecom company, I can admit that training of their staff in regards to aesthetics of their installs is minimal. Training is more focused on how to splice, and make the proper network connections from the source to the customer. How the inside wiring is installed is largely dependent on the experience and common sense of the tech, as well as the overall layout/construction of the house.

[@zachcrawford539]

I didn't know about the fishing tool, and I also always wanted to see how to cap that cat6 wire. I like that crimping style.

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Jay: "Off to Home Depot to get a stripper...the wire stripper" Phil: "And the other one too?" Jay: "Yeah, I got some ones." Trip to Home Depot takes *HOURS* 🤔🤨 Yep, strip club side trip confirmed. 😉

[@kdcampo]

let alone three trips to "home depot" XD

[@dutchguy1975]

@天堂心臟 no the camera adds 20lb :P

[@jasonlisonbee]

@天堂心臟 How much weight does it put on the person carrying it

[@ofallsadwords3207]

nah, there's not a dad on the planet who can get in and out of a Home Depot in less than 2 hours even without a side trip!

[@zdlanedenny]

Why not CAT7 ? Use a small loop inside the panel to prevent it... From problems

[@ChristianMcDonald1]

CAT6 shouldn't even exist... CAT6a or CAT7

[@daviddebroux4708]

Cat7 has yet to be standardised or recognised by the TIA/EIA. Cat6a is the current standard for 10GBaseT connectivity. If you want the equivalent or better performance that Cat7 offers, you might as well should just go fibre optic cabling for your network, at least using MMF cables. (Though fibre optic would be harder to diagnose and replace compared to Ethernet cabling.) Even if he were to use Cat6a, it's more expensive to make than Cat6 cabling.

[@maxmustermann1455]

​@@daviddebroux4708 Either Cat7 or Cat7a Wiring + Cat6a Patchpanels is the way to go for 10gig ethernet. You always just go with the best wiring there is, as you really really don't want to replace it in the future.

[@sow1ec]

@@ChristianMcDonald1 Why not CAT8?

[@FreedomExperiment]

@@sow1ec or 9. Maybe even splurge for cat 10!

[@fatbeard8072]

This reminds me of two things I gotta do around the house. I need to install new coaxial cat 6 because the wiring is old and weathered. Comcast had to put in all new wiring and gave me a new modem and it has fixed 90% of the internet issues. Once I update the house hold coaxial then I'll be fine. The second issue is that I have to start preparing the house for new CCTV for NVR and I want to use all cat6 for the power boost and the length I am going to be dealing with.

[@vpal23]

I for one found this vid very helpful. Thanks Jay. Interesting and helpful as always.

[@erick-fenrir]

I like this whole do it yourself stuff, for me it's inspiring and learning is never bad and so I admire that you enjoy doing things yourself too.

[@Jako1987]

Very true. Also Jay has "enough money" to buy prebuild computers. Why he does it himself? 😁

[@finalcam1740]

@@Jako1987 uh because prebuilts suck and his entire brand is buidling his own PC

[@andy_byrd]

Studio build vlogs are better than PC videos, keep up the series Jay!

[@dfl0505]

agree, so far these are some of my favorites

[@phillipbacot2412]

As an AV/custom installer this was funny as hell, love your content jay.

[@LasseVagstherKarlsen]

Get a ethernet cable tester, they're like $10 on Amazon.

[@solidusseal]

He had to buy one at Home Depot while buying the wall box :D

[@MrDgwphotos]

DO NOT buy a cheap tester. Get at least a decent one.

[@Phelixc]

@@MrDgwphotos The cheap one is fine if you only use it once every blue moon though, no need for anything fancy then.

[@---GOD---]

Tip for stripping CAT cable: use the stripper only to expose the wires and the little fibre string thing. Then either use the string or a pair of pointed wire cutters to cut the plastic shielding on the CAT cable to expose more wire. This way you'll have fresh wires that haven't touched your stripper and will not rip apart every time you untwist them.

[@shawnwilkersonPhD]

For low voltage, they have open back orange boxes with the tabs.

[@fd3871]

yea was wondering why he was using a romex old-work box for low voltage stuff

[@OmegaGamingNetwork]

Yep, I install this stuff. I was yelling at the monitor it is still the wrong box. He used a standard high voltage full box instead of a low voltage.

[@kingrpriddick]

Came down here to say this

[@dchargerfan]

^ what he said..... I died a little when I saw the blue box. The one before was better...... 😬🙄

[@jasonbaker2341]

Was here for this comment as well.

[@krelmfootpaste3268]

Thoroughly enjoyed. SO many flashbacks of cramped fingers untwisting twisted pairs...

[@stryker2k2]

Hey, this video was really helpful. You actually taught me something that I've always wondered!

[@YotaNinja]

11:02 When the verge teaches you how to terminate RJ45's.

[@sticky170]

lol ...how not to install a connector

[@throttlebottle5906]

probably end up with 10Mbps in the end lol

[@chaos.corner]

That's what happens when you don't have the tweezers.

[@belldavidm]

Fishtape fail .... Tape the cat6 to the coax.... Pull the coax up the wall until you get the cat6..... Then pull enough cat6 up to tape the coax to and pull the coax and the cat6 down... No fishtape needed. Not trying to troll, just my experience talking.

[@WSADKO]

Fishtape is luxury where i'm working. I have gained skills to stiffen the wire and push it upwards. Like a magician

[@WSADKO]

@@psycho-nutkase9233 on lower only heights having tensile strenght of coax could be enough to put in drywall avoiding l-beams. on higher - fiber support from heavyduty fiber optics cables is the way to go, because they tend to keep themselves straight

[@WSADKO]

@@psycho-nutkase9233 and hell of a patience

[@belldavidm]

At least push the fish tape down the wall.... Gah!

[@belldavidm]

Oh wait..... Maybe the whole header was gone!!!!!!! Hahahahaha....

[@spencerrushin8896]

Thank you for these kind of DIY vids

[@geoffschulz]

At 5:07, you describe the fish tape. This is intended to be pushed through a conduit. An easier solution is to tie a string on the end of one of the existing wires, pull it up through the wall, then attach the new wires to the bundle and use the string to pull all the wires back down the wall. This particularly works well in wood stud walls. Your metal stud walls clearly didn't have any fire blocks in it.

[@komocakeps527]

Jay: we're ONLY getting 600mbps me: my entire shop runs at 50mbps

[@WRSTxPumbaa]

Our whole clinic runs on 16 haha.

[@_The_Bearded_Man_]

Jay.... We need that 900mb/s.... Me.... Struggling with my 5mb/s and only getting about 600kb because TDS......

[@adamalward3450]

Yep, I hear you there... I'm paying out the rear for "7mb/s" and in reality, I'm getting 3mb/s and downloading things at 600kb/s... I hate game updates... lol

[@_The_Bearded_Man_]

@@adamalward3450 it's kinda rediculous really. One house down from us has Cable..... And we can't get it because TDS bought our entire district years ago..... Like.... What???? Lol

[@ItsReaxxion]

2mb/s here xDDD

[@_The_Bearded_Man_]

@@ItsReaxxion teasing me with your faster internet xD

[@rob_74]

TDS rural Minnesota grind

[@DevinSper]

network setup videos are one of the best tech videos to watch

[@Yaw_AU]

I'm new to this Channel been watching heaps of this guys videos and love them they're so entertaining

[@Eldenissio]

A little Network technician died watching CAT6 feed into connector by 1 strand at a time... Oh Jay, You are so funny :D:D:D

[@TheLowVolt]

You mean sketchy Cat5E and crimps that look like dogshit. Connected to Cisco Switches from 1995?

[@shartwell08]

I'm more baffled that he used an RJ-45 connector, instead of a keystone.

[@GReaper]

@@shartwell08 he outright said he just didn't want to use one

[@nicholasjenkins2789]

Deniss Jakušonoks likewise....

[@trevorsorenson8329]

Died as well, but still entertaining as hell!

[@Braiam]

11:00 so, not actually the network engineer, but I think a keystone jack would been easier and buy premade patch cables.

[@aanesijr]

Braiam Aye. Keystone and a punch down tool. Don’t even need RJ45 tips.

[@ErikTogliatti]

I'm mostly a network engineer, and i agree with you 😉

[@simonandrew6875]

how much fun was watching you add the connector :)

[@BluRaven1]

This reminds me of stuff at work. I had 3 different coworkers redo the same cable end and still could not get the thing working. In their defense they are not the network guys, 2 were help-desk and the other a technician. I went over with my cable tester and saw there was a break in the line 3 feet in. The cable i was using to plug into the wall was 3 feet so basically the cable in the wall had a break in it. As soon as i got it out of the wall a couple of the pairs came right off just like in the video so just redid it correctly and all is well.

[@TheOutrageousFish]

Making our own gigabit transfer cables in my computer repair class was one of my favorite projects

[@philipparr7446]

oh god as a network engineer that was hard to watch lol.

[@zomboassasin]

I hope they used Plenum cable

[@DeadlyDragon_]

Also that doesn’t look like cat-6 that cat6 I have seen all has some metal sheathing under the outer sheathing.

[@Aaron_Ada]

@@DeadlyDragon_ Pretty sure only plenum/fire rated has the metal sheathing.

[@ianwharrier5938]

@AW plenum cable determines the materials used to construct the cable, you can get both shielded and unshielded plenum cable. Still as a network eng this had me laughing out loud.

[@JoshHodgson]

Yeah if anyone in my company ended up doing something that horrible they'd be taken off the tools...

[@sonycans]

*** Little Tip *** When installing cables through a wall, include a cord coated with talcum powder with the Cat-6 cable. Fix one into the dry-wall box and fix the other end in a sturdy section above the ceiling. What this does is plan for future cabling installations where you can add more of the same or different cables such as expanding to CAT-7, optical, coax, etc. The talcum powder on the cord makes it so easier to pull through. Just remember to add another talcum coated cord in the next installation to make this perpetual.

[@Sooch1]

pulling string because it's less than a penny per foot if you buy it by the bucket or 2 cents a ft if you by small increments.

[@zvander6270]

Safety Tip: to save your finger tips, especially on CAT6, use the piece of insulation you strip off the end (use the inch of insulation to slip between the pairs) and just unwind them with that. Found that trick when I had to make 20+ CAT6 cables (thats a lot of twisted pairs to unwind ;) ).

[@johnwaynewilliamson]

had a boss on a new building that ran cat5 from boxes up through the walls to above drop ceiling and snipped the wires, him thinking that network cable was like copper phone line that can be spliced. the builders then stapled the wire, soundproof packed the walls, and capped the wall tops - all so tightly that new wire could not be pulled through the finished walls - all before i got there. the decision was made not to open the walls. I became very good at a bad move - stripping, soldering, and heat shrinking all eight strands on the 20+ cut cables for each end of the cable.. in a crawlspace, via headlight without a helpinghands. it all passed resistance, crosstalk, and speed testing and ran for years (might still be running), but was 5 days of my life i'd never get back. thanks for putting this education out there.

[@jeremyfish1975]

Really??? Next time terminate a keystone on one cable, crimp a RJ45 on the other and plug them together. Would of saved you 4 days and a hell of lot of work

[@johnwaynewilliamson]

@@jeremyfish1975 yes youre right that wouldve been wildly better if the boss would have approved it. it was a bad move as the result of a lot of bad decisions despite tabling better solutions

[@jeremyfish1975]

@@johnwaynewilliamson hopefully you get paid by the hour 😂

[@gtwannabe2]

Keystone jack all the things. Drops, patch panels, everything.

[@aBoogivogi]

My thoughts to. Or the specially designed rj45 boxes with print plates fixed inside.

[@donaldsmith3048]

A thing I would do get a long chain, like a pull chain. I found them in about 10 to 15 feet long or can put 2 or more together to make one that is long enough to go down inside the wall. You can use a small stiff wire to hook the wire at the bottom, or can use a magnet to get the wire at the bottom. It doesn't work good if there is a lot of fiberglass in the wall.

[@OLDMAYTAGDRYEROWNR]

Good work and good reason to make a video about DIY wired ethernet cable installation. Thank you

[@Beerpowered]

A professional would have patched that hole in the drywall!

[@coolaverage2017]

No watch KZbin and fix it yourself

[@craigcorson3036]

That bothered me, too.

[@ForTheNerds]

Just keep doing you Jay, I watch your stuff because you're real and I learn. You're a good teacher and content creator. Good job brother 💪👍

[@xXGUNMAN357Xx]

I work as a technician for spectrum and that modem specifically has some intermittent issues but that coax you have going to it will cause ingress(noise) and errors and it its an early Docsis 3.1 will cap in the 900-980 range but we have a new model that will do the full 1 gig + speeds that was released pretty recently so I would give us a call

[@davidsharp5010]

I believe the only difference between cat6 and cat5e is that the cat6 cable is more of an install grade cable with additional plastic to the centre to strengthen the cable itself otherwise the twists and the copper core is identical to cat5e, which is much more flexible and easier for smaller installations and in server racks. Those push through ends are awsome though, makes crimping a good end so much easier. Also what I tend to do when stripping the end of a cable from the initial insulation is to not cut all the way through and then pull the end off with the partial cut, that way there is no damage to the cores.