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How to Crimp a cat 5 cable

Types of Media for Networking

  • Transmission media are the physical pathways that connect computers, other devices, and people on a network.

  • Each transmission medium requires specialized network hardware that has to be compatible with that medium. 

  • Here are the different types of media in networking.

Types of Media for Networking

UTP

Unshilded Twisted Pair Cable

STP

Unshilded Twisted Pair Cable

CAT 3

Co-axial Cable

Fiber Optics Cable

CAT 5 (Category  5)

CAT 5e

CAT 6

What is Cat 5?

  • CAT 5 stands for Category 5.

  • Referred to as an Ethernet cable.

  • Consists of four twisted pairs of copper wire terminated by an RJ-45 connector.

  • Has a maximum length of 100m.

  • Exceeding this length without the aid of bridge or other devices could cause network issue.

CAT is also used to describe a category of Ethernet cable.

Cat 5e cable

How to Crimp?

Things you need:

  • You will need to buy 3 things:

  • A length of Cat-5 cable

  • As many RJ-45 heads as you need

  • A wire crimping tool

Cat 5 cable

RJ-45 heads

Crimping tool

Steps for crimping cat 5 cable:

Steps 1

  • Cut the cable to length. 

Steps 2

  • Prepare the ends of the cable for crimping.

  • Stip away the outer jacket about an inch using crimping tool.

Steps 3

  • Untwist the pairs.

  • Put them in the order given below.

  • Orange (White Stripe)

  • Orange

  • Green (White Stripe)

  • Blue

  • Blue(White Stripe)

  • Green

  • Brown (White Stripe)

  • Brown

Steps 4

  • Cut off the excess wire.

  • Push the wires into the RJ-45 head in order to fit into a little plastic channel.

  • You can see copper right at the end of the connector.

Steps 5

  • Crimp the head onto the cable.​​

  • Slot the plug into the crimping tool and press firmly.

Steps 6

  • Test your cable with the testing tool.

  • insert both ends of your finished cable into the tool to check for a signal.

Uses of Cat 5

  • Category 5 cable is used in structured cabling for computer networks such as Ethernet over twisted pair.

  • Cat 5 is also used to carry other signals such as telephony and video.

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