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Week 2 & 3: 1st & 8th March, 2024

Crimping of cables:
Sure, you can buy Ethernet cables from the store, but where's the fun in that? If you want to make
custom cable lengths or crossover cables, or repair a broken connector, why not do it yourself? Here's
how.

Before you get started, make sure you have the necessary tools, and decide whether you're going to use
Cat 5e or Cat 6 network cables.

What you'll need:

 Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) patch cable


 Modular connector (8P8C plug, aka RJ45)
 Crimping tool
 Cable tester (optional, but recommended)

There are four pairs of wires in an Ethernet cable, and an Ethernet connector (8P8C) has eight pin slots.
Each pin is identified by a number, starting from left to right, with the clip facing away from you.
The two standards for wiring Ethernet cables are T568A and T568B. T568B is the most common and is
what we'll be using for our straight Ethernet cable. The tables below show the proper orientation of the
colored wires to the pins.

T568A Standard
Pin 1 White/Green
Pin 2 Green
Pin 3 White/Orange
Pin 4 Blue
Pin 5 White/Blue
Pin 6 Orange
Pin 7 White/Brown
Pin 8 Brown

T568B Standard
Pin 1 White/Orange
Pin 2 Orange
Pin 3 White/Green
Pin 4 Blue
Pin 5 White/Blue
Pin 6 Green
Pin 7 White/Brown
Pin 8 Brown

Step 1: Strip the cable jacket about 1.5 inch down from the end.
Step 2: Spread the four pairs of twisted wire apart. For Cat 5e, you can use the pull string to strip the
jacket farther down if you need to, then cut the pull string. Cat 6 cables have a spine that will also need
to be cut.

Step 3: Untwist the wire pairs and neatly align them in the T568B orientation. Be sure not to untwist
them any farther down the cable than where the jacket begins; we want to leave as much of the cable
twisted as possible.
Step 4: Cut the wires as straight as possible, about 0.5 inch above the end of the jacket.

Step 5: Carefully insert the wires all the way into the modular connector, making sure that each wire
passes through the appropriate guides inside the connector.

Step 6: Push the connector inside the crimping tool and squeeze the crimper all the way down.
Step 7: Repeat steps 1-6 for the other end of the cable.

Step 8: To make sure you've successfully terminated each end of the cable, use a cable tester to test
each pin.

When you're all done, the connectors should look like this:
That's it. For crossover cables, simply make one end of the cable a T568A and the other end a T568B.
Now you can make Ethernet cables of any length, fix broken connectors, or make yourself a crossover
cable. Happy crimping

Setting up a simple LAN using CAT (Category 5) cables


Turn on both computers, log in to each one and insert one end of the crossover cable into the network
adapter port on the first computer.

Plug the other end of the crossover cable into the network adapter port on the second computer.

Right-click on the "Network" icon in the system tray and select "Open Network and Sharing Center" from
the context menu.

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