If you’re going to be putting strain relief boots on, slide one on now before you proceed to start putting the end on. So, take your wire cutters and cut however much cable you need for the cable run you’re working on – being sure to leave a generous amount of excess, partly because a few centimetres will get chopped from either end, and because it’s always better to have a little bit of excess rather than realise the cable’s too short! Some crimping tools also include a cutter and a stripper, although I tend to use my own separate wire cutters and strippers – but it’s up to you. ( Disclosure: The above links are affiliated, which means we earn a small commission on qualifying sales, at no extra cost to you.) – Finally, a Cable tester – this is essential to verify the cable and all 8 connections are correct and working before you go to use it in your network setup.– And one of these mini wire stripper and punch down tools is useful to own and will also be useful if you want to wire up any wall sockets as well.– An RJ45 crimping tool – it must be one with a blade (for snap plugs).
– RJ45 plugs – make sure you buy pass through plugs, sometimes called snap plugs, and optionally the strain relief boots which help stop the little clip lever from snapping.– A drum of Ethernet cable – probably either Cat5e, Cat6 or possibly even Cat6a, it will depend on your use case but we won’t get into the differences in this article.So, to start making your own ethernet cables you will need… So, this guide will show you the easy way to fit an end and make up your own ethernet cables from start to finish. Well, there’s now a better way using a slightly different type of RJ45 plug and a different crimping tool. This type of RJ45 plug allows the 8 conductors to pass through the end, making it easier to ensure the correct order of the coloured wires (T-568A or T-568B) and perfect placement inside the jack before crimping.įor years and years I’ve been putting RJ45 plugs onto ethernet cable with closed plugs where you have to measure the length, or guess, and then hope and pray they all align up fully and properly at the tip and don’t swap places inside without you realising until it’s too late, and then crimping with one of these standard tools.Īlthough I got pretty good at it, I’ve still lost count over the years of the number of times I’ve had to snip an end off and start again from scratch, wasting a plug which can’t be used again and making the cable shorter and shorter with each failure.
#Attaching ethernet connector to cable how to#
Learn how to make ethernet cable (patch lead) and fit an RJ45 connector using a pass-through RJ45 crimping tool for Snap Plugs. How to make up CAT5e or CAT6 ethernet cables from scratch using RJ45 pass-through connectors, sometimes called EZ Pass Through or Snap Plugs.
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