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Process of Making

Cat 5e Cables

GATHERING OF SUPPLIES

•RJ-45 Connectors (4)•RJ-45 Crimp Tool•Desired feet of Cat 5e cable•Cable Tester

PARTS

Crimper Tool Tester

PREPARE WIRE

Cutting desired wire length Made one long and one shorter Cut the cable with sharp part on the middle of the crimp tool

STRIPPING INSULATION

Take wire and place it in the stripping part Careful not to cut the wire part Cut about 1 inch of insulation that is around the wire Remove insulation

SEE THE WIRES

Now all the 4 twisted pairs of wire are visible There was a silky braid, which I got rid of that was with the wires 4 Colors:

Brown, White/Brown Stripe Green, White/Green Stripe Blue, White/Blue Stripe Orange, White/Orange Stripe

Separate the braids

PUTTING IN ORDER

In order for the Ethernet cable to work, the order must be correct Bring wires together, keeping colors in place, pinch them together

and cut wires down to ½ inch 568-B (T568B) Standards Going from left to right

Brown, White/Brown Stripe, Green, White/Blue Stripe, Blue, White/Green Stripe, Orange, White/Orange Stripe

Bring wires together, keeping colors in place, pinch them together and cut wires down to ½ inch

THE CONNECTORS

Place a RJ-45 connector in one hand and cable in the other hand Push the wire all the way through the connector

CHECKING THE ORDER

Make sure to turn the connector up-side down (tab against you, so that you can see the wires)

Pattern should be (left to right): Brown, White/Brown Stripe, Green, White/Blue Stripe, Blue, White/Green

Stripe, Orange, White/Orange Stripe

CRIMP TOOL

After the order of the wires are correct, bring out the crimp tool

Place connector inside crimp toolSqueeze handles to secure the connector to

the wireRemove wire from crimp tool

CABLE TESTER

Placed a 9v battery in the cable tester Turned the on switch on and saw a green

light. Indicating that it is on and working

TESTING CABLES

With the cable tester on, I placed each connector from the wire in its place There should be 2 connectors on each wire, on each end

One part of the tester is the sender and the other is the receiver

LIGHTS

If done correctly, should see all the lights turn green There are 4 parts that turned green, this indicated that the Ethernet

cables are successfully working Path followed:

1&2 3&6 4&5 7&8 Indicates straight pair

OTHER CABLE

I made the other cable the same exact way Checked it as well to make sure that it worked All the light turned green

PROBLEMS I RAN INTO

Cutting into the wires while stripping the insulation

Not getting the order of the wires correct

Having a different order on each end

Not getting all the lights to go green

WHAT I LEARNED

There are many things that are important when putting together Ethernet cables:

Order is crucial for working cable When taking off insulation, be careful not to cut into wires Order of the colors must be the same on both ends When testing, all the lights must turn on

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