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PCFlegling

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  1. I just bought a pair of Yamaha hs7 studio monitors and am trying to configure both the id4 audio interface and monitors on my computer. the id4 is connected to the computer via usb and I am using unbalanced quarter inch to quarter inch trs cables that are connected to my interface. For some reason no sound is coming out! can someone please help
  2. Im putting the ethernet cord farther off in between two different studs
  3. I live in an old house that has cement drywall for the walls. I want to install a ethernet jack on the same wall as an power outlet. The problem is that the wall plates are two different sizes with the power port having one screw in the middle and being bigger..... I figured I might as well replace the power to a newer outlet type with a green indicator light. The new ones have smaller plates too that have one screw on each side instead of just one in the middle. I turned off the circuit to have a look and I found out that the wall box is between two pieces of cement drywall and is not screwed into a stud but into the other far piece of drywall. I can't install this new GFCI outlet because the wall box is way too squished in. The outlet cant even screw into the wall box fully because its too squished in. I cant install an ethernet port if one wall plate is smaller than the other. That would look stupid. What can I do?
  4. I am working on implementing a cat 6 cable from my room's exterior wall to my router room's exterior wall. The wire I have comes in a 250 ft spool that you pull from the box. Can you walk me through the process? Should I start in the attic or the room/ should I push or pull the wire through the wall? That kind of stuff. I probably need to find the studs I want the wire to go between in the exterior wall and then find that stud space in the attic to drill through, right? How would that process go? I don't want to drill through my ceiling.
  5. i emailed them and they told me its not labeled
  6. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13676 This one doesnt
  7. But if I or future owners of the house were to have an inspector over he would need to see labeling, correct?
  8. Looking to buy an ethernet cat 6 250 ft solid core cable from monoprice but it doesn"t have labeling/ certifications. Is this ok?
  9. How come you need two cables from the router to the splitter if you were to use a ethernet splitter but only one cord connected to the router when its with a switch. Isnt a splitter and a switch the same similar concept?
  10. If I have one ethernet port, could I hypothetically get a switch which has one cord plugged in to the outlet jack and multiple ethernet switch ports going out to other computers or no? I know that for ethernet splitters you need to have 2 cables connected at one point where the router is but why is that?
  11. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    Darn! Its out of stock! And its a good price too for that amount! I was looking through the website but I never saw that
  12. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    Thanks! I didn't know that!
  13. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    I heard it is way harder to do keystone jacks with stranded cable and since its my first time wiring I dont want to take chances
  14. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    i looked at monoprice but they only have standed cables at 100 ft
  15. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    Have you used it before?
  16. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    Better at longer distances and I also want to use keystone jacks
  17. PCFlegling

    Cat 6

    Can you guys send me any websites that offer 100 ft of solid core cat 6? I found a lows website but Im not sure the quality is good. Thanks
  18. Thanks Bob! I'll look more into passive connectors and try to stick to solid core cabling as well
  19. Thank you for the advice! I will go with c metal clips now instead. Will it matter if the cable is stranded vs. solid core? There was a man on another forem that said it will matter but I don't see what the difference is https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/29456/is-there-a-difference-between-using-a-cat-6-wall-jack-vs-using-a-female-to-femal his name is Peter Green
  20. Hey guys! I recently took up the task of wiring a ethernet connection from the router on the other end of the house to my room. I want to get 100 ft of Cat 6 cable and i'm facing a little bit of a dilemma on where to buy this from. Whenever I look up DIY videos of people wiring their house they tend to use wiring with no connectors on each side and then they attach the wiring to keystone jacks at the end. I found one cable on the lows website that is exactly that but some of the reviews say it easily kinks and I don't know whether or not I should get a thicker cord to protect against this when I am using the Polyethylene Staples to secure the cables. So I went to the other sites to try and find a thicker wire and they only have patch cables with the connectors on both ends. I don't really understand what a patch cable is and how it differs from the other cord, but I was thinking if I got that thicker patch cable I could run it down the wall and then use a female to female adapter for the ethernet outlet. However I read somewhere that this provides slower speeds than using a keystone jack. Is that true? The dude on the other forem said that keystones only accept solid core cables and that if it is a patch cable it is most likely stranded and slower. This one I found just so happens to be stranded. Is there a difference in speeds between stranded and solid core? If I have to, can I just cut the connector ends of the patch cables and then just use the keystone with the patch cable ends? This is my first time doing this so I kind of worried i'll bend or crimp a cord and render the cord useless. Here are the two websites I found below... If you guys find better websites please send them in the discussion. Thanks! https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-100-ft-23-AWG-4-Cat-6-Ethernet-Riser-Blue-Data-Cable-Pull-Box/50101614?cm_mmc=inf-_-c-_-prd-_-tol-_-hdy-_-evan-_-yt-_-dre-_-how-_-cut050319 https://www.cablewholesale.com/cgi-bin/searchppc.cgi?text=cat6+100ft&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4ef7-dSD6wIVBY-GCh3HVwUhEAAYASAAEgJn9PD_BwE
  21. Fixed it I just unplugged and replugged the audio cable on the motherboard and then ran the sound test and it worked
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