Step-by-Step Guide to Terminate Ethernet Cables

hey hey what's up guys and gals welcome  back I'm Michael Scott and this is the ultimate Tech Hub so in today's video I'm going  to show you how to terminate all ethernet cable types except for cat 7 because cat 7 is  officially dead and if you don't believe me then you're going to want to watch this  video at the end of this video it's a good one all righty so let's get started so first  we'll start with cat 5e then cat 6 then cat 6 a and then cat 8 and yes this video is broken down  to Chapters so you can skip ahead to wherever you want all right first we're going to start with Cat  5e the first thing we have to do is strip the wire back about an inch and a half that would give  us plenty of room to work with the copper wire inside there we go next thing  to do is to separate the colors got your orange blue green and brown now according to the configuration the wire  configuration we are going to begin lining these up the two wires that are most difficult  with this particular wire scheme are the green they tend to want to go back to their  spot you're separating the the stripe green with a solid and it's kind of difficult  so but I do have a hack for that so keep watching there's the so find a flat surface like my desk and begin  pressing down with a lot of pressure and pulling on it you want to tug get a really good amount  of pressure there keep going until you feel the wires are totally flattened together and they're  not going to go anywhere they stay where they're supposed to be once they do that once they're  where they stay you can now put that in the connector okay now it's time to trim up  the wire so it can go in the connector we're going to take off about looks like  almost a half an inch and we didn't get a cut straight so get some scissors and go cross  it straight so everything looks uniform and that's perfect remember these wires should be  short enough to go into the connector and the Black Sheath should be able to go up inside  the connector no wire should be exposed at the bottom and it looks like it's perfect  now with the cripping tool just one good squeeze and you got yourself a perfect patch  cable all right guys and gals next is cat 6 we're going to use 23 gauge cat 6 Riser cable to  make our two custom patch cables let's go ahead and cut our two cables to the length needed there  are three important reasons to keep your patch cables as short as possible the first reason  is it frees up space to allow for more devices to be installed in your network box the second  reason is it will keep your devices cooler by allowing more air to circulate and the third  reason it just looks better having the cables at the correct length looks nice and clean so  strip both ends of the wires back about a/ an inch next use the string to get the correct link for the second cable once again strip  both ends of the wire back about a/ an inch next go ahead and separate the four pairs now go ahead and cut the string off next untwist all four pairs next organize the wires into  the t568b configuration from left to right next cut the wire straight across there we  go perfect add two boots before you connect the RJ45 now go ahead and Slide the wires into the  RJ45 connector like that use the crimping tool to secure the RJ45 connector to save time I'm  only going to show you how to make one cable because the process is the same for both cables  I am using the easy RJ45 connector as well as the easy crimping tool if you're new to making  these patch cables I would recommend both of these done all right now we're going to terminate  cat 6A all right these are all the supplies and tools we're going to need to terminate the cat 6A  first you're going to need some cat 6A probably not 1,000 ft but you could probably buy 500 ft or  250 ft of this and this is cat 6A UTP unshielded twisted pair so the tools you'll need for this  job are a wire stripper wire cutter you'll need a crimping tool so make sure this is the cat 6A cat  7 crimping tool because the cat 5e will not work should say right here and it does also you'll  need some connectors these are the traditional C 6A premium connectors and these are the pass  through connectors we're going to use these today because this is a pass through crimper I can't  use these on this one because it'll actually just break break the end of it and since we're using  UTP which is unshielded twisted pair there is no ground wire in here or any foil so let me show  you what this looks like I'll go ahead and uh show you how to use a stripper you see the blade  right there put it in like right here and you want to turn it and then it'll break it like that and  then after you break just pull it off and let me show you how this looks you can see we have the  traditional four pairs the green blue brown and orange this is the center core and once we we have  to snip this off when we do the termination one thing to note about this this is the easiest of  the C 6A types to install and with C 6A it's very thick and rigid and it's tough to bend and Cat  6A is definitely harder to terminate than cat 5e or cat 6 Riser cable also one more thing to note  is that these wires you have a green right here but this WI does not have the white green on it  so make sure once you untwist these you kind of keep them segregated together otherwise you're  going to get them mixed up so just keep that in mind when you're terminating these cables so yeah  that's it this is unshielded twisted pair okay the first thing we're going to do is untwist all four  pairs and then we're going to straighten them out that way we can easily get these wires into the  t568b configuration and the best way to do this is to use the Old Wire cover that that we removed  earlier this technique makes untwisting the wires and flattening them really easy it also saves  your thumb and fingers from getting sore and guys don't forget hit subscribe is totally free  so once you unravel all four pairs and get them straight as possible and flat as possible it's  time to trim off that inner core remove all three plastic pieces as flush as possible now  it's time to line up the wires in the t568b configuration it goes white orange orange white  green blue white blue green white brown brown now trim off the wires straight as possible and I  think these wires look pretty good now insert all eight wires carefully and slowly into the pass  through connector once the wires come out the other end make sure to check the colors to make  sure they're all correct because cat 6A cables are very thick we need to kind of Smash the end  down a little bit to allow the blue cable cover to go inside the connector a little bit so use  this part of the crimping tool to help flatten that part out a little bit and then we can slide  the blue part of the cable inside the connector now it's crimping time insert the connector all  the way into the crimper and then simply press down we hear kind of a snap and then pull it  back out and check your work looks really good and lastly put that boot cover on looks really  good so if you plan on terminating shielded cat 6A you have to use these connectors this connector  has that clamp or that ring that wraps around the cable and secures the ground wire to that clamp  and these connectors also have a load bar you would simply insert the wires into the load bar  and then insert the load bar into the connector and these are the cat 6A premium connectors  the they also have a load bar as well but no grounding bracket all right guys and gals next is  cat 8 so as you can see this is cat 8 SFTP 24 AWG patch cable and we're going to install a cat 8  RJ45 connector and this connector includes four pieces first thing you want to do is insert the  cable into the screw top Boot and the threaded part should be facing up next we'll strip back the  cable wire about an inch and a half and this cable stripper was provided by sat maximum this stripper  is modular and works with ethernet and coax simply give it a few turns and the wire should be cut  next remove the plastic sheath and now you can see the braid of metal foil wrap and we're going  to pull all the metal foil wrap down but we're not going to remove it instead we're going to twist  it all together and then wrap it around the patch cable like so and the tighter you twist these  wires the easier it is to wrap around the cable and then we'll secure it to the patch cable using  the copper tape and the copper tape basically grounds the wire to the cable and I've seen many  videos on YouTube where they've actually cut the wires instead of wrapping them and this is  incorrect these wires must be grounded so now we can separate all four pairs of wires and  then remove all the foil app we want to expose all four pairs of wires and just a heads up all  cadate cables are shielded there is no unshielded variant and I'll simply cut the bottom  to remove the wrap and be very careful not to cut the wires once all the foil is  removed we can now terminate the cable and we're going to terminate the cad8 cable using  the T5 68b configuration and you can see the markings right here it's all colorcoded so  we're going to insert the first four wires into the bottom holes first it goes white  orange orange and white green green and after you insert all four wires into the holes  you want to slide the white plastic piece all the way down and we can now do the top four  wires so at the top it goes white blue blue white brown brown and make sure  the wires are pushed all the way down and once the wires are all seated  in we'll trim off the excess wire and I'm going to use a wire snipper but you could  use scissors as well just make sure to cut the wires as close as possible to the end of the  connector the closer the better once we're done trimming up the wires we you can then  insert it into the RJ45 connector and make sure the connector sits flush there should be  no gaps then next close the hinge now in order to close the hinge all the way I'm going to use  a pair of Vice scripts but you could also use pliers and then next screw on the metal boot  and you might need to use pliers as well in order to tighten the boot and Bam you're  done you now have a cad8 RJ45 connector pretty cool and remember all supplies and tools  will be listed below and guys and gals now you can check out the video on why cat 7 is officially  dead and also check out our top four ethernet cables for gaming and with that I'll see you  in the next video real soon high five peace