{"id":170,"date":"2010-10-08T22:29:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T22:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sburke.eu\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2022-07-25T23:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T22:27:41","slug":"how-to-make-a-network-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sburke.eu\/blog\/2010\/10\/how-to-make-a-network-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a CAT5e Network Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I have 30Mbps Broadband, but because of the wireless g router <\/a>I was given, I could only get ~1.8MB\/sec download. Using a wired connection to the router let me get full 30Mbps down. As a result I wanted to make some long network cables to connect my computers to the router.<\/p>\n

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Both Maplins and PCWorld offer Network cables, ready made and by the meter. Maplins were 1 Euro per meter and\u00a0PCWorld were many times more expensive. Going to an Electrical Wholesaler, I could pick up Cat5e\u00a0network cable for 38 cents per meter (much better value). I had a crimping tool and some RJ-45 Plugs\u00a0already from making Network cables a few years ago, so I was all ready to go.<\/p>\n

The only thing I had to remind myself of, was the colour coding diagram. I realised that there were in fact two different types of Cat5e cable, T568A and T568B<\/a>. Looking at the codes on the Network cable, which read “Excel 100-065 305M ISO11801” and after a minute googling, I found the following document <\/a>(source website<\/a>) which clarified that I had T568B Cat5e cable. With this in hand, I came across the following excellent wiring diagram below (source<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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T-568B Straight-Through Ethernet Cable<\/p><\/div>\n

After a few minutes of careful work with the crimp tool, I had my network cable made. I didn’t have a network cable tester to hand, so a quick test done the job. ~12MB\/sec transfer between two of my computers wired to\u00a0my 100Mbps router <\/a>with this new cable\u00a0was as good as I would have liked. Much better than wireless. All thats left is to neatly route the cable around\/between the rooms.<\/p>\n

Note: 8Mbps = 1 MB
\nMbps = Megabits
\nMB = Megabytes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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