How to Make a Cat 5 Cross Over Cable

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It seems that you have a thousand patch cables and no cross-over cables. Well they are easy to make if you know the wiring diagrams and have the wright tools.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Cat 5 cable
Cat 5 8 conductor plugs
Cat 5 Crimper
scissors

Step1

Start by stripping the plastic cover from the wire about 1 to 1.5 inches back.

Step2

Untwist all the pairs

Step3

arrange according to the wiring diagrams (568a or 568b)

568b 1)orange/white 2)orange 3)green/white 4)blue 5)blue/white 6)green 7)brown/white 8)brown

568a 1)green/white 2)green 3)orange/white 4)blue 5)blue/white 6)orange 7)brown/white 8)brown

Step4

for a patch cable wire both ends the same.

for a cross-over wire one side 568a and the other side 568b

Step5

Now that you have the wiring diagram down and all your wire arranged, straight and flat, use a pair of scissors and cut at a PERFECT 90deg accross (if you don't cut at 90deg your wires will not make contact to the pins on the plug)

*cut wires back 1/2 inch from cable jacket

Step6

insert into plug always holding the pins up

Step7

crimp making sure you squeeze the crimpers fully to make a good and secure connection

Step8

Repeat the process on the other end.

remember if your making a patch cable make both sides the same.

if you are making a cross over make one side 568b and the other side 568a