1. How to Make a Straight-through Cable
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2. After completing this lesson, you will be able to create a functioning straight-through cable.

3. Strip the Wire Coating
First strip about an inch and ½ of the plastic coating from the end of the UTP media. Do this carefully so you don’t cut any of the copper wires in the cable.

4. What not to do?
This is why they invented
wire cutters.

5. Untwist and Straighten the Wires
After removing a portion of the coating, untwist each wire from it’s partner and straighten them out.

6. Order the Wires for Placement in the RJ-45 Connector.
Place the wires in the following order, starting from left and going right, and then trim them with the wire cutter before placing them in the RJ-45 connector.
White Orange
Orange
White green
Blue
White blue
Green
White brown
brown

7. Crimping
Next, insert the wires neatly into the RJ-45. Then crimp the wires tight. Using the crimping tool
But not that tight

8. Repeat the procedure on the opposite end of the cable.

9. Testing your cable
Take your cable to
Mr. Wright to see if
it passes.

10. Congratulations You just made your first cable!
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