[MysticLlama]

IF you get Leviton terminals for the wall jacks, they often come with a plastic punch down tool in the box of 10 jacks. Plenty good for small amounts of work, and I actually find the little tool to be easier than my real punch when just doing a little jack.

Be sure you look up the complete wiring standard, I'd just quote it off the top of my head, but it's been a while and I wouldn't want to trip you up in case of a dyslexic moment.

Use 568B for both ends.

CAT5e and 6 both support 1000BT if installed correctly, 5e is a little easier to fish and work with because it doesn't have the center plastic "x" beam to separate the pairs more.

To get a good punch as close to the twists as possible, don't untwist it, but loosen it enough to pop the split between the wires over the divider on the jack, leaving both sides twisted, then just cut off the excess.

It's pretty easy once you do the first couple of them, just be real sure to get good solid connections, intermittant network issues are no fun to troubleshoot.

Also, I'd recommend using bought pre-made cables for going from jack -> device, as making those cables is far easier to screw up than the jacks.