Make Yourself a CAT5 Cable (high Quality & Close Up)

Thanks for this, I'd made a few duds 'till I saw this :)

Lots of thanks, all doubts cleared...

The blue and brown wires aren't used for data, so only the orange and green are used for data transfer, the blue and brown are either used for backup or grounding (i forgot which), as long as the correct color goes to the correct pins, it's fine

Great video - nice & clear & easy to follow.

Thanks

Good Tutorial....

First of all, your vid is great, understandable and easy to follow, congrats there pal.
I'm lookin' at the cable that the "internet guy" did and I notice he only used 4 cables, greens and oranges and left out blues and browns (of course). And I wonder why? is it all that is required to make an internet connection? what is the function of every single cable or pin?
Sorry if I ask too much and once again, great job with the vid. Regards.

Cat6 is a cable is a better version of Cat5. The plastic cross probably helps prevent crosstalk (interference) from the other wires in the cable. It isn't used much at the moment because it's fairly new. There may be a video of how to repair a cat6 cable on YouTube somewhere.

oh i see. yea it was a cat six it said on the insulation. cool. oh well. do all cat6 cables have that plastic thing in it? and what's the difference between cat5 and cat6 cause there were the same amount of cables and all the same colors.

you got a plastic cross inside the pairs that runs down the cable?

thats a CAT6 cable...

you can probably get away with making a CAT5 as a replacement

hmm you should make a video explaining how to make telephone extensions and audio speaker cable and cctv cable:D i wanted to keep doing it so i got the cable that came with my ps3 and cut off the head and i wanted to put another one for fun, but it had this weird plastic thing in the middle and it was too hard to do. the plastic thing separated the 4 colors. it was gay so i couldn't do it lol.

glad i did the vid now... if it helps someone.
I've made so many of these in my time!

Learn how to make a 'Crossover Cable' and why you'd need one, it's a usefull thing to know.

also remember that the copper used in network cable is of very high grade. Which means you can use it for many things, so one you got a box of it lying around consider CCTV,telephone extensions, Audio speaker cable...

yea that crimping tool is cool it pushes down those metal things into the wire and it smashes the sleeve down and pushed down the other wires. it's cool. i want to do it more now. it worked because i was playing xbox live earlier :D you should make more videos like this. it was good. :p

well done fella!

i did it i did it :D i bought a crimping tool and i did it. :D thanks for the great video man. ;D i hope the wires stay in i pushed as hard as i can O_o

i don't have a crimping tool :(