How To Install Cat 5 Cable Ends

Make sure you use the same on both ends.

How to install cat 5 cable ends. Cut all of the wires at a perfect 90 degree angle from the cable 1 2 inch from the end of the cable jacket. Use the 568 b wiring scheme on both ends for a standard patch cable. Now arrange the wires in the proper order. The jacks and.

Bring all of the wires together as closely as possible. Carefully push all 8 unstripped colored wires into the connector. Once the strands are in order insert them into the connector. Once they re in check to make sure they re in the correct order by color.

Once you have all the cables connected you can mount the patch panel. Use scissors to make a straight cut across the 8 wires to shorten them to 1 2 inch 1 3 cm from the cut sleeve to the end of the wires. Prepare the ends of the cable for crimping. The color order is important to get correct.

You will see 8 small colored wires twisted into 4 pairs. Cat5 cable or category 5 enhanced cable transmits data between computers and other electronics at speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. Hold the grouped and sorted wires together tightly between the thumb and the forefinger. Perhaps the hardest part of terminating a cat 5 cable is inserting the cable into the connector while keeping the strands in the right order.

Use the wire cutting tool to strip away about half an inch 12 5 mm of the outer coating on each end of the cable. You can use the punch down tool or a small screw driver to punch the individual wires. Carefully untwist each pair so that each of the 8 wires is separate.