[geeks] rj-45 boots installed after connector?

[Jonathan Patschke]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:

> The cables are not cheap and the wiring is not standard, so I can't cut
> off the plugs when the clips break and re-do it. Maybe you can with the
> right plugs, very good eyesight and a very steady hand, but I don't have
> any of those.

Find someone who pulls cable for a living to cut off the mod-plugs, slip
on the boots, and install new mod-plugs.  For someone who's good at it, it
wouldn't take more[0] than about 20 seconds/cable, and likely wouldn't
cost you very much.

Hacking on a boot afterwards will probably just annoy you.


[0] The hardest part would be temporarily evicting EIA-568B from muscle
     memory.
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