How To Wire Arrangement UTP Cable
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How To Crimp UTP Cable
1. 10 (100) Base T Straight
2. 10 (100) Base T Cross
3. ATM (155Mbps/25Mbps compatible) Straight
4. ATM (155Mbps/25Mbps compatible) Cross
5. CDDI Straight
6. CDDI Cross
7. ISDN S/T point connection
Preparation
You need a special plier, RJ45 connectors, UTP cables, and a cutter.
UTP Cable
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RJ45 Connector
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Crimping Plier
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Cutter
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UTP Category 5 cable
Making Cable Follow the steps below.
1. Remove the outmost vinyl shield for 12mm at one end of the cable (we call this side A-side).
2. Arrange the metal wires in parallel (refer the each section's wire arrangement table). Don't remove the shiled of each metal line.
3. Insert the metal wires into RJ45 connector on keeping the metal wire arrangement.
4. Set the RJ45 connector (with the cable) on the plier, and squeeze it tightly.
5. Make the other side of the cable (we call this side B-side) in the same way.
6. After you made it, you don't need to take care of the direction of the cable. (Any cable in this page is directionless --- that means you can set either end of the cable to either device.)
How to see the wire arrangement
Same order in the wire arrangement table
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Insertion
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10 Base T / 100 Base T Straight
pin ID | Side A | Side B |
1 | orange-white | orange-white |
2 | orange | orange |
3 | green-white | green-white |
4 | blue | blue |
5 | blue-white | blue-white |
6 | green | green |
7 | brown-white | brown-white |
8 | brown | brown |
A cross cable for 10BaseT and 100BaseT is used to connect 2 computers directly (with ONLY the UTP cable). It is also used when you connect 2 hubs with a normal port on both hubs. (In other words, the cross cable is used relatively in a rare case.)
Pin ID | side A | side B |
1 | orange-white | orange-white |
2 | orange | orange |
3 | green-white | green-white |
4 | blue | blue |
5 | blue-white | blue-white |
6 | green | green |
7 | brown-white | brown-white |
8 | brown | brown |
ATM straight cable is used to connect ATM NIC-card (computer) to ATM-Switch.
You can use the straight cable for 10BaseT and 100BaseT as ATM straight cable because the pin arrangement is the same. (Actually, an ATM straight cable uses only 1,2,7,8 pins in 155Mbps mode, and 3,4,5,6 pins in 25Mbps mode. However, the straight cable of 10BaseT and 100BaseT is fully wired and so there is no problem.)
ATM Cross
You use ATM cross cable to connect 2 ATM-Switches (Wow, you have two!) with normal ports. (If there is an up-link port on one ATM switch, I guess you can use ATM straight cable to connect 2 ATM-Switches. However, I have never seen an ATM-Switch which has an up-link port.)
An ATM cross cable uses only 1,2,7,8 pins in 155Mbps mode, and 3,4,5,6 pins in 25Mbps mode.
Concerning CDDI cross cable, the pin arrangement of 1,2,7,8 pins are same as that of ATM cross cable, so you can divert CDDI cross cable for 155Mbps ATM cross cable (though I don't think you have it...)
Pin ID | side A | side B |
1 | orange-white | brown-white |
2 | orange | brown |
3 | green-white | blue |
4 | blue | green-white |
5 | blue-white | green |
6 | green | blue-white |
7 | brown-white | orange-white |
8 | brown | orange |
CDDI straight cable is used to connect CDDI NIC-card (computer) to CDDI concentrator. This cable is exactly same as the 10/100BaseT straight cable .
CDDI Cross
Pin ID | side A | side B |
1 | orange | brown |
2 | orange-white | brown-white |
3 | green | green |
4 | blue | blue |
5 | blue-white | blue-white |
6 | green-white | green-white |
7 | brown | orange |
8 | brown-white | orange-white |
ISDN S/T point connection cable is used to connect ISDN device (TA, digital telephone, etc) to an DSU. Actually, this is same as 10BaseT/100BaseT straight cable.