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HOW TO MAKE CROSSOVER CABLE

What you need

Cable

ConnectorsCrimper

StripperCutter

Keep everything within hands reach of you...

1) - Start by stripping off about 2 inches of the plastic jacket off the end of thecable. Be very careful at this point, as to not nick or cut into the wires, which are

inside.

2) - Spread the wires apart, but be sure to hold onto the base of the jacket with yourother hand. You do not want the wires to become untwisted down inside the jacket.

3) - Decide at this point which end you are making and examine the associated

picture below.

568a - standard end

(you will need one of the ends on

your cable to look like this)

Crossed over end wire pattern

(you will want the other end to look

like this)

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Begin to untwist the twisted exposed wires on your cable. Use caution so that youdo not untwist them down inside the jacket. Line them up along your prepared

wires. Be sure at this point, and that your cutters are aligned straight across the

wires.

4) - Grab your jack, and begin to slide the wires into the jack

5) - Grab those crimpers - Be sure to keep a good grip on that jack and the cable.Insert the jack into the crimper. It should only go in one way, so you don't have a

whole lot to worry about inserting it. Begin to compress those crimpers.

Insert the jack into the crimper Crimp it! Crimp it good!

6) - It's time to examine what we have done. If you look at the end of the jack

(distal), you should see that the copper connectors should not be pressed down into

the wires. Toward the back of the jack (where the jacket meets the jack) it should

be crimped securely holding the jacket / cable in the jack.

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Introduction

This instructions will enable show you how to properly construct a Crossover

network cable. This cable can be used to directly connect two computers to eachother without the use of a hub or switch. The ends on a crossover cable are

different from each other, whereas a normal straight through cable has identicalends. The tools and material needed to make the crossover cable include :

Cable Connectors Crimper StripperCutter

Instructional Steps

1. Stripping off about 2 inches of the plastic jacket off the end of the cable.

2. Hold onto the base of the jacket with your other hand and spread the wires apart.

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3. Untwist the twisted exposed wires on your cable. Arrange them in the properorder based on the pictures above and cut it.

4. Grab your jack, and begin to slide the wires into the jack.

5. Keep a good grip on that jack and the cable and insert the jack into the crimper.

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6. Examine the cable.