How to actually use the tool itself: First, I have 2 crimp tools. One I bought long, long ago and another that I got for free with a spool of CAT5 cable. The free one looks good, but doesn't make a reliable cable. The one I got long, long ago really works well. There is a quality difference. Here's what I do... Strip off a couple of inches of the outer insulation off of the bundle pair. Get the wires in the right order, but as you are doing that, work them, work them, work them so that they are straight, flat and parallel. (This takes some time. Be patient. The time spent here is well spent) Now hold the wires so that the bundle in the right order is flat and sticks straight out. Cut the wires so that they are all the same length. Make your cut as perpandicular to the wire as possible. (A straight cut is important). Now pick up an RJ45 plug and slide the wires into the plug. Now push them further in. Now push them still further in. Look through the plastic of the RJ45 plug and make sure that they are pushed all the way in!!! If not, keep pushing. Slide the plug into the matching opening in the crimp tool (it only goes in one way) and squeeze the handles of the crimping tool very hard. Squeeze them several more times to make sure that you have a good connection. Use a cable tester to check the cable and you are done. Mark On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Harold Martin wrote: > Whew! > I think I understand the ordering of the wires now, but I still have two > questions: > 1. How to actually *use* the tool itself > 2. (kinda stupid, I know) what is the diff between crossover and patch > cables and when should either be used? > I really appreciate all your help. > Harold > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 12:16, Chris Wilson wrote: > > The order previously stated below does a good job for reducing noise if > > you use this cable for Telephone or Ethernet. With that pin-out the T/R > > pin are twisted together and the A1/A2 pins are twisted together so you > > get a better Common Mode Noise Rejection which makes it suitable for > > Telco or Network (<= 100Mb/s). > > > > But I do believe the TIA568A (see 568B for cross over) standard colors > > are: > > 1 White Green (Ether TX+ 1) > > 2 Green (Ether TX- 2) > > 3 White Orange (RX+ 3 / Telco A1) > > 4 Blue (Telco TIP) > > 5 White Blue (Telco Ring) > > 6 Orange (Ether- 6 / Telco A2) > > 7 White Borwn > > 8 Borwn > > > > -- Chris > > > > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 13:38, Jason Staudenmayer wrote: > > > I think order does matter or at least the pairs match. I have had some hand > > > made cables crap out due to "what ever wire straight through". You get > > > "cross talk" across the pairs and wind up with weird issues. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick White [mailto:nwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:37 PM > > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: RE: Using RJ45 crimp tool > > > > > > > > > Pin 1 is on the left if the "hook" is on the bottom. Like an earlier > > > poster said, it really doesn't matter what color goes where, as it's the > > > order that counts. The most common standard used these days (568B) is > > > as Harold pointed out: > > > > > > 1 White-orange > > > 2 Orange > > > 3 White-green > > > 4 Blue > > > 5 White-blue > > > 6 Green > > > 7 White-brown > > > 8 Brown > > > > > > It's also worth mentioning that if you want to make a crossover cable, > > > just swap the orange and green pairs on 1 end of the cable. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: cajun [mailto:cajunlee@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:18 AM > > > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: Using RJ45 crimp tool > > > > > > > > > > > > Harold Martin wrote: > > > > > > > > >Hello, > > > > >Can anyone point mt toward a how-to on using an RJ45 crimp tool? > > > > >Thanks, > > > > >Harold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Harold, > > > > > > > > I don't think there is any how to on that. What are you > > > > needing to know > > > > exactly? Or you needing to know the pin out for the wiring? > > > > If so here > > > > is what I have always used: > > > > > > > > Pin No. Strand Color > > > > 1 white & orange > > > > 2 orange > > > > 3 white & green > > > > 4 blue > > > > 5 white & blue > > > > 6 green > > > > 7 white & brown > > > > 8 brown > > > > > > > > HTH!! > > > > > > > > Lee Perez > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
