Re: [SLUG] Splitting Cat 6 cable

From: Robert Snyder (robertsnyder@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 11:36:41 EDT


On 10/19/06, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Robert Snyder wrote:
>
> > I would just like to say there is a simplier way of doing this. If the
> > Condo Assoc is going to be aholes, like most of them are and they are
> saying
> > only 1 cable can be seen well give them only one cable. Instead of
> soing
> > spliting or any wierd nonstandard hack. Simple take 2 cat 6 cable take
> some
> > zipties to hold them together and then put Heat Shrink casing over them.
> > Now you only one one visable cable. and they dont have to be any the
> wiser
> > that there is really two cables there.
>
> I don't know what 100 feet of shrink-wrap tube costs, but I suspect it's
> "more than a couple of routers/486s-with-NICs". And depending on whether
> they can see the ends, that might be a giveaway.

Standard PVC based heat shrink tubing cost only 19.00 for a 100 foot lenght.
It is cheaper than the solid cat 6 which I cant seem to fine cheaper than 21
dollars per 100 that is just raw un crimped cat 6 solid PVC. Not even
plenium coated . Though I did point that in my post that I felt he was
beter off just buying a good cheap 5 port switch from a major brand name as
they are cheap and would slove such issues. But only if he on splitting or
haing tow lines he could hide both lines with heatshrink tubing.

P.S. A good hair dryer does jusxt as good a s a heat gun if you let it
warm up.

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