How to terminate a RJ45 cable (Ethernet cable)

How to terminate a RJ45 cable (Ethernet cable).

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The best drywall caddy

These are the best drywall caddy's I have used, and I have been doing this job for many years. They are simple, light weight and cheap.

All you have to do is cut your hole, just put the caddy up to the wall and outline where the hole should be.

Then cut the hole.

Next put the caddy up to the wall with the back side in the hole.

Now you have the two long tabs in the middle. All you do is bend one up and one down. As you bent the tab you are going to bend it again in the hole so that the tab is now tight against the drywall.

What is the difference between a crossover cable and a straight through cable?

A crossover cable is used to connect two computers, two hubs , two routers ect...

A straight through cable is used to connect a computer to a router a switch or hub.

In the crossover cable the wires linking the pins are crisscrossed, while in the straight through cable each

Nice video on how to crimp a RJ45 end and make a ethernet cable

Nice video on how to crimp a RJ45 end and make a ethernet cable

I have seen a few different color codes people use. The one in this video is not the color code I use. Ill explain...

Cat5 color code.

This is a Cat5e cable.  You can see that there are 4 pairs of cables (8 wires).  I have them in order from pair 1 to pair 4.  This order is very important for a couple reasons.

1. Pair 1 (blue/blue white) is the 1st pair. So if you were going to hook up a phone jack, you always use pair 1 for line 1.  If you have two phone lines and you are running them over the same cable then you would use pair 2 (orange/white orange) for line 2.  You would use pair 3 for line 3 and so on.