At the end of lesson, student will:

Crimp and test straight cable Create awareness of the correct way why crimping a cable.

CABLE CRIMPING AND TESTING

RJ45 CRIMPER CABLE STRIPPER CONNECTOR

CABLE TESTER

UTP CABLE

TYPE OF CABLE
STRAIGHT CABLE

straight cable

pc to hub

568B Wiring Schematic

568B

568B

For a straight through cable, both ends use the same wiring schematics.

straight through cable

pair twisted wire

RJ45
connector

Step 1 : Skin off the cable jacket

utp cable
3.0 cm long

cable stripper

Step 2 : Untwist each pair and straighten each wire

Step 3 : Cut all the wires

900
1.5 cm long

Step 4 : Insert the wires into the RJ45 connector

the pins facing up

left
white orange

right
brown

Step 5 : Place the connector into a crimping tool, and squeeze hard so that the handle reaches its full swing.

Step 6 : Use a cable tester to test for proper continuity.

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
1 1

2
3 4 5 6

2
3 4 5 6

7
8

7
8

straight cable
WOrange Orange WGreen Blue WBlue Green WBrown Brown

WOrange

Orange

WGreen

Blue

WBlue

Green

WBrown

Brown

Conclusion
- Crimp a straight cable using crimp tools. - Sketch the cable in A4 paper.

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