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IT Infrastructure and Network Technologies Part 4

To make your own Ethernet cable, you will need crimping tools, modular connectors, and Ethernet cable. There are eight wires that must be arranged in a specific order corresponding to the T568A or T568B wiring standard. The steps are to strip the cable, untwist and align the wire pairs, insert them into the connectors, crimp the connectors, and test the cable.

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IT Infrastructure and Network Technologies Part 4

To make your own Ethernet cable, you will need crimping tools, modular connectors, and Ethernet cable. There are eight wires that must be arranged in a specific order corresponding to the T568A or T568B wiring standard. The steps are to strip the cable, untwist and align the wire pairs, insert them into the connectors, crimp the connectors, and test the cable.

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How to make your own Ethernet cable?

What are the steps?


HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN ETHERNET
CABLE?

•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.
•Twisted pair (UTP/STP) patch cable
WHAT •Modular connector (8P8C plug, aka RJ45)
YOU'LL
•Crimping tool
NEED:
•Cable tester
WHAT
YOU'LL
NEED:
•There are four pairs of wires in an Ethernet
cable, and an Ethernet connector (8P8C /
RJ45) has eight pin slots. Each pin is
identified by a number, starting from left to
right, with the clip facing away from you.
THE TABLES SHOW THE PROPER ORIENTATION OF THE
COLORED WIRES TO THE PINS.

The two standards for wiring Ethernet cables are


T568A and T568B.
HOW TO •For Straight Through Cable you
MAKE YOUR should use T568A for both sides (A
OWN & B) and for Crossover Cable you
should use T568A for side A and
ETHERNET T568B for side B.
CABLE?
Step 1: Strip the cable. Use your cable strippers at about 1-
2 inches from the end of the cable to remove the outer
jacket.
Step 2: Untwist the twisted pair wires all the
way back to the jacket. This can be done just
like a regular twist-tie on a loaf of bread, but
with four of them of different colors.
Step 3: Align the untwisted wires in the
order necessary for your needs. 
For this scenario, you'll be making a straight-through cable, which has both ends of
the cable with the same alignment of wires, so it's easy enough to do. Since this is
your first cable, we'll consult the cheat sheet to know what order we're aligning in!
STEP 4: Cut the extra wire. 
Once you've untwisted the wires, you'll have a superfluous
amount of copper wiring left; we don't need this much, but it's
good to have it in the previous step to help in aligning the colors
properly. Use the wire-cutting scissors to cut these off.
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.
Double-check that the wires are all the way up into the
gold pins of the head and made it up in the proper
order. (Consult your cheat sheet if needed!)
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.
If you're making a completely new cable. 
Step 8: To make sure you've successfully terminated
each end of the cable, use a cable tester to test.

Plug one end of the cable into the tan, two-port end of the cable tester, and
the other end into the other part of the tester with the graphic display
window. 
Now, you can
plug your
Ethernet cable
in. 

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