Archive for July, 2007

How to Make a Straight-through and Crossover Cable

July 13, 2007

Materials:

  1. Category 5 UTP Cable

  2. 2 RJ-45 Connector

  3. Cutter

  4. Crimper

  5. Stripper

Procedure:

  1. Strip about an inch of the plastic jacket. Be very careful not to cut the wires inside the jacket as this will alter its condition or make it useless.

  2. Separate the wires inside the jacket. Untwist those wires and make sure that the untwisted wires are only about ½ inch otherwise it will be “out of specs”.

  3. Arrange the wires in the same way listed below,

 

Crossover Connection

Straight-through Connection

After arranging the wires, carefully cut those wires evenly about ½ inch from the jacket.

  1. Insert those wires in the RJ-45 connector. Make sure that the end of each wire touches the tip of the connector.

  2. Insert the connector to the crimper and give it a good grip. You will here some clicking sound. Keep pressing it for a couple of second until the clicking sound stop.

  3. Test the cable and hope that it works. That’s all.

I just hope you guys will have the same experience as I did in making those cables. I only did it ones and it worked! THANK GOD! The hardest part there was the untwisting the wires properly and arranging the colors. That’s all. Good Luck to you all!