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I am sure many have heard by now, but Mike Sandman passed away over the July 4th weekend in a plane crash. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-bartlett-plane-crash-pilot-20150708-story.html I loved his catalog, website, and articles. He sold stuff you just could not...

We use quick click categories (colors) through our public folders in Outlook. One of my users is unable to see when someone else marks an email a particular color/category. I attempted to run outlook.exe /cleanviews and all that did was mark the messages as unread. Any thoughts would be...

We have a 5000 system with 2 nodes. My office is Node 1, our remote office is Node 2. The receptionist at Node 2 uses Attendant Console on her PC and is able to see all of the Node 2 phones without issue We have a few people who work in the remote office but their phones are on Node 1 and the...

At my new job, we are using Backup Exec 2012, backing up to a Snap Server and then a duplicate job to a Dell tape loader. I've noticed a particular issue on our Exchange backups (this job goes to the Snap Server). Job ended: Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 6:23:11 AM Completed status: Failed...

Having a very weird problem with one of the laptops at work...all of a sudden, the USB ports are not working properly. The devices power on but do not work. I've tried flash drives, USB hard drives, and mice; it is trying to find drivers which do not exist for these things. When I go into device...

Okay guys- I have noticed for quite some time that patch cables in computer and electronics stores are extremely expensive. I can make my own for about 20 cents, which is just the cost of the plugs. I get most of my cable for free (scrap). I have a crimp tool which was a one-time expense. I get...

Hi Guys I am working on terminating 30 or so cables in my school. I did not install the cable, I am just putting the jacks on and terminating to a patch panel. Naturally, the guy who installed the cables did not label them. This is in a computer lab, using large metal Wiremold. Anyway, I am...

Today I worked on a job and had to extend all the cables using beanies. When I connected the cables to the block and then to the phone line, I got no dialtone on any jacks. I then removed everything from the block, cut the beanies, and spliced right into the phone line coming in (just used cross...

Hello all- I am currently working on a residential job. What do you guys recommend for securing the bundles of cable to the studs before they enter the box (and all along the run for that matter)? I tried romex staples but they are not big enough. Thanks in advance, Jeff jeff moss

I have been hired by a friend to install some cabling for an addition to his house. It is a small job, only 3 outlets and a couple feeds to the basement for phone and cable. Anyway, when I am running cable through the holes in the studs (which I have to drill), do they need to be firestopped? Or...

The phone tech was at work today, and he was rewiring some stuff to an old block. It had 6 pins across but was not split like a typical 50 pair block is. What kind of block would this be. It had one set of pins turned in to the right side and 5 sets turned in to the left. Never seen one like...

I recently got an old RCA rack cabinet (circa 1957), from my mom's office. This was their old sound rack that was built into a wall. There were conduits in the floor so most of the bottom of the rack is cut out. I have all my equipment (patch panel, hubs, shelves, and a computer) in there, but...

quick question for a 568A panel, is the color code blue,green,orange,brown or is it blue,orange,green,brown? jeff moss jeffmoss26@adelphia.net

http://www.tech-lounge.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123&perpage=15&pagenumber=2 I saw these pics and I was confused. You will note they firestopped at the drop ceiling and the carpet. I didnt see any conduits and I was confused as to why they did this like that. Also look at the extreme...

Just got my new tone/probe kit today I worked all day helping install phones and cabling. The tech I worked with had at least 4 toners, some of which had Angled Bed of Nails clips. Mine came with Alligator clips. Where can I buy these clips for my toner? I had a hard time connecting the toner to...

ok, this one baffled me: I have 7 data jacks setup around my basement.The cables all go to a 12 port patch panel. On the panel I also have 2 single line phone connections, 2 digital phone system connections, and 1 phone system programming connection. What I would do is patch the workstation...

I just ordered a Progressive 701K kit from my dad's work I have heard/read that you cant tone Cat5 cable. I asked a tech at my dad's office about this and he said you can, but the tone has to be on one specific pair , it wont work through the jacket like on cat 3. Any other suggestions on how I...

Yesterday, I got a 50 pair 110 block. It came with 5 pair connecting blocks. I had a bunch of 3 and 4 pair blocks laying around. I only have a 1 wire punchdown tool (D914), so I had some trouble seating the 5 pair blocks (I only ended up using them), so I pushed them down slightly over the...

ok, I have a classmate who is getting DSL soon. I wired up his whole house for phone, so he wants me to work on something for his DSL. There is access to any room in his house to cable, so running anything new is not a problem. He does not want those splitters at each jack, and I told him about...

hey- i have been stumped. someone asked me a question i really didnt know the answer to. they had wired their SNI to a 66 block, using a run of Cat5e. they used the orange wire and the green wire. I know that you are supposed to be using wh/bl for line 1. they said that they didnt get dialtone...