[olug] RJ45s

[Dave Weis]

I missed the first part of this but there is a much easier way to get 
the pairs arranged. Cut back the 2-3 inches of jacket and look at the 
cable. You will notice that it's in a pattern that approximates the 
crude ascii art:
           Bl/Wh Wh/Bl
   Or/Wh Wh/Or    Br/Wh Wh/Br
           Gr/Wh Wh/Gr

You might notice that if you basically flatten this it's going to put 
the pairs where they need to be. Start with the outside pairs, put pair 
2 in the right order, then pair 4. Open up pair 3 and split it with pair 
1 floating in the middle. Untwist pair 1, shuffle them all right next to 
each other. Pinch the stripped end and the unstripped jacket in opposite 
hands and shuffle side to side a bit to straighten wires further back 
into the jacket. Trim and crimp!

dave

Shawn Mattingly wrote:
> That works great if all you do is uplink switches to each other.
> 
> Luke -Jr wrote:
>> On Friday 24 August 2007, Rob Townley wrote:
>>   
>>> 2.) Bend the 2" back and forth several times, this will heat up the copper
>>> and make it more malleable so that it can be placed in T568b position - the
>>> only virtuous Cat5 standard for ethernet.  Starting with the blue pair
>>> first, then green and work your way out.
>>> 3.) HardPart:  there are two sides to a single male connector, but there
>>> can only be one correct pattern of wires because it is 3d.  The best way to
>>> look at the cable is with the end of the RJ-45 away from you and the
>>> clicker/tab down.  The conductors ON BOTH ENDS should be in this order from
>>> left to right for T568b (yes, you can make your own standard as long as
>>> both ends are the same, but don't):
>>>     
>> I am well aware that the best way to wire an ethernet cable is to do one end 
>> T568a and the other T568b ;)
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