Like a lot of small companies our network has grown as a patchwork as need. It has all sorts of different components.
We have several rack mount Network RAID devices and a couple of other rack mount devices. They have just been sitting on the tables.
We just bought a big empty rack and we are going to bite the bullet and take everything apart and stuff it into the rack. Now is the time to upgrade the cables. Our network has some 10 year old components and cables.
The real point of this post is to ask a question (or two)
Should we just replace every single cable with a fresh new Cat 6 cable? I don't think any of the current cables are anything but Cat 5. We are thinking of getting a 200 ft roll of cable and a crimping tool to make the cables the proper length so there is not a pile of excess cable. Is there any trick to making a good Cat 6 cable? Where is a good source for the cable and crimper. I don't want Radio Shack stuff, we want to do it right the first time.