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- A quick video to show how to install a new RJ45 connector on a CAT5/CAT5e Ethernet or network cable to make a new patch cord or repair a broken connector. All it takes is a little patience and a few tools. It pays to have the right tools to install the connector and test the cable afterwards. The cost of the tools can often be recovered after making or repairing just a few cables.
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Easiest to understand video on this topic. Straightforward and no filler. Thanks!
Yea agree 100%
This is how the 'how to' videos should be. simple, straight. to the point and clear. Great Video. Thank you for the help mate.
My only complaint is that he didnt leave links to the tools he used 😅 ill just watch a few times and try to find out
I gotta say this video is a godsend. I bought a new construction condo unit and apparently the network guys who installed the wiring cut corners and never placed RJ45 jacks on the ends of the wires, they were just a bunch of loose cut ends going to the network box in the closet. I watched this video and bought some tools and got the wires working perfectly. Thanks!!
I enjoyed the instructor's clear voice and well paced instructions. Excellent video. Thanks
You make it look so easy. Getting the wires flat and in order is the hardest part lol!
THANK YOU.
The job I had before I retired, entailed tool and test equipment design. I built a test box for qualifying 50 wire flat computer belt cables. It would test all LED's, then test every wire for continuity, then unplug one end and turn around and plug in and test again. If any LED's lit up, it meant a short. The box was an aluminum box 4" x4"x4" cube. It got a lot of use.
thank you for making this pain free and simple to follow
I had installed video security cameras around my house and had ran a CAT 5E cable and wasn't able to connect the RJ45. Then I ran across your video and it was easy as pie to connect. Thank you for a clear video and understanding on how to connect these two parts. You saved me from the insane asylum.
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Very informative. Thanks for a great instructional video. Now I can fix my CAT5E cables for my IP cameras.
I had almost given up hope of being able to do this until I saw this video. It has much more useful information than any other video I saw. Thanks a bunch!
Just wanted to say thank you very much for taking the time to put this vid together. Needed to run about 100 feet of Cat6 cable to an upstairs back bedroom and could not find a 100’ cable with the ends on them. Didn’t have a clue how to attach the ends but because your vid was so detailed it made it easy. - Thanks again.
Did this for the first time. Simple thanks to your tutorial. Works perfect.
Thanks for a clear instructional video. I was struggling to do this before I saw your video. Kudos to you!
One thing to stress is the (hopefully obvious) fact that the bottom tab should be firmly crimped onto the gray insulation, not the wires. If you cut the wires to the correct length, either by experienced eye or using the gauge, plenty of gray insulation will slide inside the connector and get trapped when you crimp.
Your video shows this very well at the very start and at @6:00 on the replacement.
I can't tell you how many "professionals" have handed me cables with a good 1/2 inch too much gray insulation stripped off so it doesn't even enter the connector. I'm always tempted to give them 50 lashes with their own cable.
True, true.
I tried several times, and maybe I'm half asleep now, but you made it look so easy. I got one in correctly then the cat 5 I could not, so I watched your video. It didn't help. Will try again tomorrow. But, have to say, this is definitely the best, most concise and clearly explained video I have seen in ages. Thank you for that.
Wow! What a perfectly presented video. A very precise and simple process to follow; pleasant voice and well spoken, excellent enunciation. Great work, w2aew !
Was concerned about trying this (after a colleague said it was difficult) but, followed your video and done it first time! Thank you very much.
You are really good at explaining the process without giving excessive info. Loved it.?
Thank you. I watched a few of these, and this was the only one that really helped. I appreciate your time spent teaching me.
Great illustration. I dislike music blaring,and I like commentary. Although I already know how to do it, I like the refresher course
2 tips from a first timer: 1) Pay attention to 4:48 mark in video and make sure you orient both ends the same before crimping. I had orange left the tab down for one end and orange left and tab up for one end...wasn't thinking and obviously that doesn't work. :-) 2) Realize the plug will NOT fit in your device before it is crimped...so check that its the right type but don't expect it to actually fully insert until the pins are pushed down during crimping. Thanks for the video, turns out its a great and pretty easy DIY project with a little knowledge.
Worked on the first try! Thanks for the simple and clear instructions.
Thank you. Great, concise video. I've got terrible dexterity and hate doing jobs like this but I got through it successfully, quickly and with a minimum of swearing due to your excellent instructions.
Yep, thanks mate!
I screwed up 3 contact before I wattched your video. Good deed!
Thank you so much, I have a cable that is run behind walls so it was impossible to remove and replace. I thought I was a dummy in relation to DIY stuff but your video is just simply simple and fantastic, thank you.
Nicely done! straight forward instructions. no babbling of useless info. good visual aids also Thanks for doing it and sharing
Super video - clear explanations, logical sequence, good camera work. Thank you very much
Videos like these made the internet what it is today thanks mate
Best Vid so far. Extremely helpful. Loved the cable tester. Heading out to get one.
Many thanks for the video, I screwed up a few connectors before watching this video. I did your technique, worked flawlessly, many thanks for the instructional video!
Thank you for this video. So easy to follow and understand. Took a few cables that had been damaged and was able to make them work again using this video. Again, thank you!
I'm happy to hear that this video helped you.
Thanks for the demo. I have to replace the RJ45 connector on an Icom hand microphone, so the colors and wire placement are different, but I kept the cutoff connector. My connector came with a boot, which I put on the cable before installing the connector. Thanks!
Very straight forward, easy to understand and helpful. Well Done!
Great video. Gave me the confidence I needed to make my own cable... which is great since I'm running out some PoE cameras. Thanks!
Great step by step information. I shared this with a maintenance tech in Miami in order to trouble shoot some equipment. He had to make a patch cable, and so this helped him out.
Phil Gubany I'm glad to hear that you found this video helpful!
Well articulated, good quality video.
That was one of the BEST !!! how to videos ive seen A1 :-)
Great Job.. It answered the questions I had. Now I have a working patch cable.
Great video. Made it very simple and explained things in detail.
Hello, just wanted to say thanks for this nice video and clear helpful instructions. Take care.
Thanks for doing this sir, just what I needed 👌
Thanks for this video, it was a huge help!!
Perfect explain with good example ... thank you teacher..
Explained perfectly, thank you!!
Alan, very good video and straight forward and simple. I think I'll make a mic cable extension as my first project. 73
Good luck Drew. It can be tougher to do with the flexible stranded wires. Sometimes some tape can help keep the wires aligned.
Nice clear and concise instructions, many thanks.
Thanks for the video, exactly what I was looking for, and from a fellow hammer no less.
Thanks for a very concise and easy to follow video. Cheers
Nice done :-) , a LAN video was a surprise, I like it. I had to connect all the LAN sockets, connectors, extensions and server rack stuff together with a workmate when we build our new company building, because the electricians didn't. She was really a help. We had two different type sockets made of metal and plastic parts, where you have to connect each single wire manually (there is a special tool for, but we had it only one day on loan). We did like 50 sockets or so :-), took us days :-).
Very Helpful Tutorial. I can use things I've Learned here in my Computer Class. BTW I'm a Highschool Student. Thank You so Much for this Tutorial this is very Helpful.
Thanks for posting - very useful!
Thanks for the clear and helpful video
You always find the extra that the other video guy didn't show
Good job
I moved to the boonies, I thought this would be much more complicated - I thought I would have to strip the ends of the wires. Self-piercing R45 - what a great idea! There is no one in the area other than licensed electricians to do it. I can do this! Thank you.
Nice clear video. Thanks. Very helpful.
thank you, saved me prob $100. the cable i fixed was like 34ft. 😎
Thanks for this informative video. I needed this.
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Very clear and well explained. Thank you.
Great video--thanks! Your videos are excellent in clarity and content. 73 de KT1R
The best I ever seen. Thank you.
Thanks for your nice video, it is very clear how to make it.
Thank you for making this video.
Many thanks. Was a big help.
Perfect thanks. Well done and easy
Thanks for a nice video!
Great DIY vídeo. Thank you
Thanksfor another great video, very helpful and clear, much appreciated. 73 de KT1R Lou in Maine
great video. Thanks!
Awesome video!
Fantastic guide.
Thanks Alan! I have to replace an end today that the tab broke. de your friend in the Poconos!
I think that it takes more than "a little" patience. :-) I have a tool for that, although yours is nicer, and some connectors, but it's always seemed to me to be too fiddly to get things exactly right in there and have it the way it should be when you're done. So I've purchased patch cables instead, usually with boots on them so I can avoid that broken tab issue for the most part. No problem on my part punching down in-the-wall CAT5 into keystone jacks, though, and I've done a fair bit of that with no issues whatsoever. One thing I did a little differently was not trim the wires but push them _through_ the connector and then after crimping trim them. At least that worked with the connectors I have on hand here...
Good Illustration!!!
Very comprehensive...thanks
Thank You for making the video
Excellent video
Thanks for uploading this ,,,, very useful
Very useful... Thanks for the video
thanks i needed this for 50 points
excellent video
Thank you, Well done.
Thank you sir. This helped me.
Thanks for the help!!
Very easy to follow, and detailed, explanation. Thank you!
Great video thanks a bunch!
Thanks for making Video! much help!
Interesting... My tool doesn't have the notch that you use to strip the outer insulation; instead I used the other cutting part (near the end of the tool which you don't use in the video). It has two blades that leave a gap when the tool is closed all the way, and there is a bracket that helps you make the wires the exact right length. I use that to cut the outer insulation and then I rearrange the wires. Making the wires the right length from the get-go makes it slightly more difficult to straighten them out (and usually this is harder on one end of the cable than on the other end, because of the way the wire pairs are twisted inside the cable), but that way you don't have the extra step of cutting the wires to size after straightening them out.
By the way, the process for CAT6 is the same, but CAT6 has tighter twists and you should use CAT6 connectors (which are also slightly different: the wires are staggered inside) to keep your cable fully compliant.
Also worth mentioning: In a 568B crossover cable, you wire up one end as shown in the video, but on the other end you put the Orange pair where the Green would normally go, and you put the Brown pair where the Blue would normally go, and vice versa. So the order on the other end becomes green/white, green, orange/white, brown, brown/white, orange, blue/white, blue.
To verify your wiring, keep in mind that on the connector, white+color is always followed by color. That means the center pair is connected with the color to the left and white+color to the right unlike the other pairs.
In my experience, the 568B wiring method is much more common than 568A.
Anyway, excellent video as always! Keep up the good work!
Excellent comments, Jac - thumbs up! Personally, I like working with the longer wires to do the straightening and ordering - much easier for me to do that and then trim them to the right length afterwards. I do the same thing with home wiring - it's easier to stuff 6-8" long wires into a junction box rather than 3-4" long wires. Odd, but true.
Here´s a tip I've never seen before. A standard telephone plug will fit in the rj45 jack. Thus except perhaps for cost there would be no need to use telephone cable though out your home installation. An addition bonus is alot of excess wire to use for poe or other uses including a more or less standard internet connection.
Thank you. You saved me from having to call an electrician to finish this wiring job.
amazing video i just learn more than studying a book....thanks!!!!!!
awesome!!! very useful!! thank you :D
Matt K- the 1st connection is Tx+, 2nd is Tx-, 3rd is Rx+ and 6th is Rx-, so we can connect any pin one to one (for straight cable) but the length of the cable will be limited as we can see that the Tx pairs are 1st & 2nd and the Rx pair is 3rd & 6th, so as the solid and strip are in twisted pair, so the 1st & 2nd should be of the same color (solid& strip), and 3rd & 6th should be of the same color for the cable to be used for longer distance
Be aware that depending on the cable type, the conductors can be solid or multistrand. There are RJ45 plugs made specifically for each type of conductor and cannot be used interchangeably. There are also some manufacturers that make a plug that will work with either type of cable. Bottom line, make sure you get the right connector type for the cable type.
Great video
Thinks good video really helpful.
Watching this on my newly made cable. :)
The Best videos.
Well done..to the point.
Thank you for this. :)
very informative