How to Crimp Cat5 / Cat6 Network Patch Cables (RJ45 plugs)

How to make up CAT5e or CAT6 ethernet patch cables from scratch and terminate using RJ45 plugs.

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How to Crimp Ethernet Cable: If you need to learn how to make ethernet cables, this network cable crimping will show you how to arrange the 8 twisted pairs of wires in the correct order and then how to crimp RJ45 cable before verifying your new Cat6 crimping skills with a cable tester.

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Learn how to make a network cable (patch lead) and fit an RJ45 connector using an RJ45 crimping tool. Be sure to check the correct order of the coloured wires (T-568A or T-568B) and perfect placement inside the jack before crimping.

Now you know how to crimp RJ45 cable!

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00:00 - Intro & why it's a useful skill
01:19 - Stripping the outer sheathing from the network cable
01:34 - Untwist and straighten out all 8 wires
01:53 - Organising the colour-coded wires in the correct order
03:14 - Trimming all 8 wires to the correct length
03:49 - Sliding on the RJ45 Plug
04:05 - Cat5e / Cat6 Cable Crimping
04:29 - Testing your home made ethernet cable with network cable tester

** RJ45 Wiring Diagram **

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[MrDavesClass]

I watched your video, followed your guidance, completed the work, and now I'm enjoying the fruits of my labor with super fast inter-web cruising speed.
Simply - YOU ROCK - . If an old guy like me with a room temp IQ can successfully perform this task, then there is hope for everyone! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[soup___hie]

Why are the colors cheating on each other when I try to strengthen them?

[Beevreeter]

I thank the network gods (or whoever invented it) for the pass through RJ45 which has holes in the end so you can slide the 8 wires right through the connector and pull the insulating jacket in tightly with them - and then check the cable order before you crimp! Genius invention and has saved me hours of redoing terminal connections because one wire moved or snagged as I was inserting them into the RJ45.

[rhr-pw]

Today I learnt how to crimp cables thanks to you! My new memory technique to remember the colors is: brown dirt, green grass, blue sky, orange sun.

[viTek]

Prob one of the best tutorials of anything I've ever watched.

[stemmentor]

Like the idea of using the terminal as a measuring guide. Done so many over years I have it now, but great learning idea for what I’m doing this week (teaching MS kids during summer cyber camp)

[rudeman]

Quick and easy explanation Thx Dude this worked as explained.

[bonelesspizzaman]

Genuinely amazed your channel isn't bigger with tutorials as well made as this. Serious props my guy, really well made.

[keniaglenn]

Perfectly worked, thanks. It's very important to test the cables to don't assume it's not working. It wasn't working until I understand I had to setup my router, the tester helped to understand I didn't have issues with the cable.

[SianaGearz]

I do and can crimp my own cables but i have always struggled with something. There's 4 pairs right, so is there an optimal order in which you straighten them out and try to arrange them? Because one pair goes down the middle, one pair goes right around it, which makes it a little weird, and then two pairs go on each end... so things end up crossing over every which way and i have to fiddle for a while until i get them in order and straight.

Also how come the pinout is this weird anyway? It just seems so absurd.

I didn't have a crimp tool when i crimped my first cable over 20 years ago so i just used a tiny flathead screwdriver and hammered the contacts in until they pierced. Finicky but it worked. I think i'm still using that cable somewhere. Crimp tools were painfully expensive back in the day; nowadays it's kind of a shame not to own one.

I had no clue cable testers were this cheap, several times cheaper than a crimp tool. I mean yeah i can see how they would be, it's just some slow clock generator (eg a 555 or a couple Schottky gates or just a couple transistors) and a 40/74 series counter IC, those have never been exactly expensive, plus standard parts like resistors, LEDs, diodes. Probably single sided PCB.

[vivekchandra]

Thanks so much for this super easy to follow guidance.

[timmywashere]

Me at the end of the video: Alright seems straight forward I got this.

Me several months later:The White Stripes!!! Damn it that's brilliant.

[willward]

Thank you :) will really help me with my cctv installation.

[simonsarona]

Hi.. Thnx a million times for a lesson.

[pureblood]

Great vid and fantastic oratory skills.

[fanwellkalumbeta]

Perfect elaboration 👏 thank you for sharing i got it 😊

[MarcoDGallego]

Thanks a lot this video was super clear and helpful!

[kv]

So idk if this relates to the video but, I want to get Ethernet in my room which is in the basement right below my modem, and I noticed that I have a cat 5e outlet built in my wall right beside me, I’m just confused on how I could get it, do I simply just plug in the cord into the wall and in my device?

[lenleangztechnology]

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[jollino]

I have two (possibly stupid) questions, hoping that others may benefit from any answers this may get. :-)
1) What is the "tip" of the yellow stripper tool used for?
2) Is there any technical reason — beyond making it easier for maintenance — to use the same standard that a network currently uses? For instance, when I first lay down cat5e cable in my house over a decade ago I used the 'A' standard to terminate the cables going from one switch to the next. If I were to replace one of them with a new cable terminated with the 'B' standard, wouldn't it still work? As far as the switches are concerned, they're nothing more than patch cables. I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious, hence the "possibly stupid" question. :-)
Thank you in advance!