Here is what a friend of mine here in Abbeville came up with. I'm not sure where he learned this but he is currently teaching the first two CCNA semesters at the local high school so maybe it's a CISCO thing.
1. Carefully strip the end of the cable being sure not to cut the insulation on the individual wires 2. Separate out the 4 pairs but do not untwist them. Place the O/OW pair to the extreme left and the B/BW pair to the extreme right. The other two pairs can go to the top or bottom. 3. Untwist the O/OW wires and straighten them out as much as possible. Place the OW to the left and the O next to it. 4. Untwist the G/GW pairs and place the GW next to the O. 5. Untwist the B/BW wires and place the B next to the O. 6. Place the BW next to the B and straighten them all out again still holding the jacked firm in the left hand. 7. Place the G wire next to the BW 8. Untwist the B/BW pair and place the BW next to the G followed by the B. 9. Straightening the wires as you place them provides a nicer grouping then if you untwist all the pairs at once. 10. While pinching the jacket with the thumb and index finger of the left hand, pull the grouping tight making sure that they all remain in order. 11. Trim them so that there is about 1/2 inch of wires protruding from the jacket. Make sure that the cut is even and perpendicular to the jacket. 12. Grasp the RJ-45 connector in the right hand, tab down and facing away from you. 13. Insert the wire into the RJ45 making sure that the grouping stays together and that the clamp portion of the RJ-45 is above the jacket of the cable. 14. Insert the RJ45 into a crimper and slowly squeeze the handle and hold for a ten count. 15. Test the cable by gently tugging on the end to make sure that it won't come off easily. Inspect the connector. Make sure that the grouping has not changed and that the cable clamp is crimped onto the jacket of the cable. Lastly check the cable with a commercial cable tester. hope this helps.......... kw ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
