LAN & phone punch down tool

Mar 10, 2017 7 Replies

I am about to sort out my network, with some proper wall sockets, rather than the RJ45 linked directly to R45. Am I correct in assuming the tool I use for punch down on my phone sockets is the same tool as used on LAN sockets please?


Best to use a quality tool like a Krone. Anything less might cause you problems.

Pretty much yes.

Standard Krone IDC

Bazza used his keyboard to write :

I still have the tool issued to me when I worked for the GPO :-)

Standard Krone tool as others have said.

Mind you, I remember having to carry three kinds of punchdown tools when I worked on office system. A normal one, a small horrible one that fitted a Panasonic GX series MDF, and I can't remember what the third one was.

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