# Tuning an ethernet punchdown tool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuning-an-ethernet-punchdown-tool/716917>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuning-an-ethernet-punchdown-tool/716917 "2015-04-05T21:12:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuning-an-ethernet-punchdown-tool/716917/21 "2015-04-08T13:57:49Z")

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every connection is a failure point that could loose or degrade a signal.

pass-through is better though less convenient.

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**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuning-an-ethernet-punchdown-tool/716917/22 "2015-04-08T20:31:03Z")

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> [@johnpost](#):
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> every connection is a failure point that could loose or degrade a signal.
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> pass-through is better though less convenient.

Yep. Pros use pass-throughs unless the customer’s needs dictate otherwise.

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**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuning-an-ethernet-punchdown-tool/716917/23 "2015-04-08T20:32:07Z")

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> [@loninappleton](#):
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> An earlier plan for this jack I’m playing with was to put it in a plate and have another at the other side of the wall to plug through to.
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> Why would that not be a better and more stable solution than a scoop?
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> Is the scoop a fitting for an electrical box or just another hole in the wall?
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> Just curious.

Generally just a hole in the wall.

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