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What's in my toolkit? This is what everybody wants to know and dares not to ask.
I made this list for the GIIP students when I was teaching networking fundamentals. You may find it interesting.
Basic toolkit in small Gatemouth bag:
- RJ-45 and crimping tool (ratcheting)
- RJ45 connectors
- Wire strippers
- Electrical tape
- Tone generator
- Tone probe
- RJ-45 line coupler
- DeWalt 9.6V cordless drill with Phillips attachment
- Set of 12 drill bits
- Tacking stapler
- Tacking staples
- USB to 2.5", 3.5" and SATA drive coupler with external power
- CAT5E patch cable, 15 feet (machine-made and tested, NOT handmade)
- RJ-11 4 line telephone cord
- Brother P-Touch labeler
- Standard computer/monitor power cord
- Pen and notepad
- Blank CD-R discs (5)
- Telecom splicing connectors (100)
- Set of 10 Wiha micro screwdrivers. Do yourself a favor and get a German or American-made set. RadioShaque's set is of absolutely dismal quality.
- Nylon cable-ties (10)
- Leveler
- Hot Glue gun and lotsa glue (hot glue is non-conductive and easily removable, perfect for insulating trouble parts and immobilizing 5.25" 3.5" and 2.5" drives where there are no screws to be found or elaborate clip-in style mounting methods that require a proprietary part which is invariably missing).
Complete toolkit in large Gatemouth bag:
- Everything mentioned above, plus:
- Velcro cable ties
- Floppy disks (5, and pray they work)
- 110-type keystone jacks (2)
- Punchdown tool
- Punchdown attachments (110 and 66 styles and Krone)
- Line telephone
- Multi-meter (again, this is an important tool--pay money and get Fluke, not RadioShaque)
- Stud finder
- Small bag of screws of assorted sizes
- Subset of Utility CDs, specifically one that contains Norton Ghost, and one that contains a bootable version of Windows XP.
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