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It's pretty easy to terminate to either an Rj45plug or a keystone jack.
You need either a crimping or a punch-down tool. I believe terminating to a key-stone (wall plate/euro module or surface mount box) and then taking a pre-terminated path cable from there is better practice and probably much easier if your existing cable is stranded cores not solid. If you do use an Rj45 plug then get the pass-through type and either a crimping tool with trimming function or just use a pair of nail clippers to trim the cores flush.
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It's not too tricky. Having done both I'd recommend terminating to a socket rather than a plug. Plugs are really fiddly and require a more expensive tool to do.
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As others have said it isn't that tricky. How long do you need this to last and is your cable external grade? I'd buy some external gel filled cable and terminate on sockets as it should last a lot longer that way.
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I'd recommend terminating to a socket rather than a plug
^ this
It's fairly straightforward and the kit doesn't cost much.
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I want to run some shielded cat6 from my switch out of a wall on one floor and back in on another. I have a long cat6 cable that’s terminated and the holes in the wall already exist from some old cabling, but the holes are too small to feed the terminated ends through.
I’m considering cutting the ends and then re terminating the cables, but wanted to ask if people have experience with that and how hard it is. I’m also slightly put off by spending money on the kit that I’ll probably only ever use once.
Or is there a better way of achieving this I’ve not considered?