does this exist?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:27 pm

I need a short cat5 cable that has a normal plug on one end and a femail plug on the other...am I SOL here? can someone make me one? Ill pay for it of course.

Greg

RaT · Post by **RaT** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:45 pm

i'm pretty sure you may have thought about it but.... why not use a "coupler/connector" or whatever you call it???

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 1:16 pm

and that would be?

Greg

vwkess · Post by **vwkess** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 1:33 pm

Like this: http://www.cablesnmor.com/rj45-coupler.html

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 1:51 pm

sort of. I would rather have a cable that was male on one side and femail on the other though.

Greg

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 2:44 pm

It's possible to make but to hide the wires on the female side could be difficult.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 3:07 pm

What for.?
A coupler would be the best way to do it IMHO.

You could make one fairly simple with a Keystone connection that normally goes in a wall plate....just dont put it in a wall plate.
How long are we talking?

I could do that for you ... but like mentioned above... it might not be the cleanest conection.

another idea would be to get a coupler and hardwire it.

are you trying to make a "pig tail" so that you can change a patch wire to a crossover wire?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 3:27 pm

what I want it for is my lego box. I have the wireless nic for when I am at home and I get a clean looking box, but I was thinking it would be a good lan /show off box as well and there wouldnt be wireless there. so I have a nic installed and just want to have it setup with liek One lego brick missing and the plug in its place so I can just plug in a cable if I want...would do it at home also for faster file transfers.

so I dont really care how it would look on the inside. jsut a clean looking plug in.

so what ya think?

Greg

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 3:48 pm

Gotcha.
Let me contact you tonight here or via email.
I have a solution for ya.. I want to get a lego and check the diamentions.
Ill prob shot you a pic tonight.
I can do orange or white (or even blue I think)
Ill talk with ya about this tonight when I get off work.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 4:09 pm

Colors? intreasting. yea show me w pic of what U are talking about. If you are gana cut up a block its self, my house is Mostly RED so I can send U some bricks if that is what you are planing o ndoing...eithor way, cant wait to see. Im gana do this with the speeker jack aswell....not sure if anything else. everything else is wireles or intergrated...Like the Monitor.

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 6:22 pm

Wire a Belkin punchdown jack to a wire and put a plug on the other end. Looks like this:

FUL1_R6D022-AB5

Should fit in roughly a 2 block space sideway - you'll have to make a mask maybe and glue it in place.

You can get the makings at a well stocked computer store or even Home Depot. I have all the makings if you get stuck - be happy to make one for you.

Frankly it would be easier to buy a female to female adapter and glue that in place since it's a square block and smooth on the sides.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:15 am

that is exactly like what I was gonna do ... what FP showed.
I have white or orange.
let me know about how long you want it and Ill make you one.
Dont worry about a fee...consider it my donation to the leggo box

Edit: I would dremel off the clip on it (note pic above) and you can fit it in some how.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:24 am

yea hook me up man.

Orange would be cool. 8"-12" nothing major.

mucho thanks guys. I finished the border around the slot dvd earlier today....on a shitty note I noticed the mboard doesnt have the C-media sound like it is suposed to and only has that cappy via stuff. epox will be getting a call on that tomarow. other then that though system has been up and running.

I think orange would be great, I have all my stuff outlined. power button us out lined in white, ekect on the cdrom is blue and the slot is outlined in yellow.

Greg