Step 5 : LETS STRIP


Using the crimper or a razor blade, carefully cut the outer plastic sheathing so that approx 1 inch of wire is exposed.

Seperate the 4 twisted pairs of wire from the white hair. then cut off the white hair. untwist the wires and straighten them and line them up. It takes quite some bending to get all the wires lined up.

PS...i'll try to get some better pics up.

Step 6 : I HOPE YOU'RE NOT COLOR BLIND

There are a bunch of standards out there that state what order you place the 8 wires when putting on an RJ45 connector.

For what we are doing here, throw it all out the window. I'll keep this simple. There is only one thing you need to know.

*****WHAT YOU DO ON ONE END....YOU DO ON THE OTHER END*****

That's it. Just make sure that each end is identical. Now if you're curious to know, this is the order I use for everything (lights, computers, servers, routers, switches, printers, cameras) when I make my cable. I started with this order and I guess it just turned into habit.

From left to right.....

1. white/orange
2. orange
3. white/green
4. blue
5. white/blue
6. green
7. brown
8. white/brown

Step 7 : Still To Come....

More pics....hopefully they'll be clearer
More details on sliding the connector on and crimping it.

...and DB9 (serial) connections too.