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A. What Is Network Cable

Network cables connect network devices and computers to share resources. Straight-through cables connect a host to a client with the same pin assignments on each end. Crossover cables connect two hosts by crossing the transmit and receive lines, with pin 1 on one end connecting to pin 3 on the other. To make either cable, the jacket is stripped, wires are untwisted and aligned to the T568B standard, cut, inserted into connectors, crimped, and tested. Crossover cables have one end as T568A and the other as T568B.

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A. What Is Network Cable

Network cables connect network devices and computers to share resources. Straight-through cables connect a host to a client with the same pin assignments on each end. Crossover cables connect two hosts by crossing the transmit and receive lines, with pin 1 on one end connecting to pin 3 on the other. To make either cable, the jacket is stripped, wires are untwisted and aligned to the T568B standard, cut, inserted into connectors, crimped, and tested. Crossover cables have one end as T568A and the other as T568B.

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4.

Title: “How to Slice Network Cable (Straight thru and Crossover)”

a. What is Network Cable

Networking cables are networking hardware used to connect one


network device to other network devices or to connect two or more
computers to share printers, scanners etc. Different types of network cables,
such as coaxial cable, optical fiber cable, and twisted pair cables, are used
depending on the network's physical layer, topology, and size. The devices
can be separated by a few meters (e.g. via Ethernet) or nearly unlimited
distances (e.g. via the interconnections of the Internet).

b. What is Straight thru and its pin connection?

Straight-Through Wired Cables


Straight-Through refers to cables that have the pin assignments on each
end of the cable. In other words, Pin 1 connector A goes to Pin 1 on connector B, Pin
2 to Pin 2, etc. Straight- Through wired cables are most commonly used to
connect a host to a client.

c. What is Crossover and its pin connection?

Crossover wired cables


(commonly called crossover cables) are very much like Straight-Through
cables with the exception that TX and RX lines are crossed (they are at opposite
positions on either end of the cable. Using the 568-B standard as an example in the
photo, you will see that Pin 1 on connector A goes to Pin 3 on connector B. Pin 2 on
connector A goes to Pin 6 on connector B, etc. Crossover cables are most commonly
used to connect two hosts directly. Examples would be connecting a computer
directly to another computer, connecting a switch directly to another switch, or
connecting a router to a router. 
Step 1: Strip the cable jacket about 1.5 inch down from the end.

Step 2: Spread the four pairs of twisted wire apart. For Cat 5e, you can use the pull string to strip the
jacket farther down if you need to, then cut the pull string. Cat 6 cables have a spine that will also
need to be cut.

Step 3: Untwist the wire pairs and neatly align them in the T568B orientation. Be sure not to untwist
them any farther down the cable than where the jacket begins; we want to leave as much of the cable
twisted as possible.

Step 4: Cut the wires as straight as possible, about 0.5 inch above the end of the jacket.

Step 5: Carefully insert the wires all the way into the modular connector, making sure that each wire
passes through the appropriate guides inside the connector.

Step 6: Push the connector inside the crimping tool and squeeze the crimper all the way down.

Step 7: Repeat steps 1-6 for the other end of the cable.

Step 8: To make sure you've successfully terminated each end of the cable, use a cable tester to test
each pin.

When you're all done, the connectors should look like this:

That's it. For crossover cables, simply make one end of the cable a T568A and the other end a T568B.
Now you can make Ethernet cables of any length, fix broken connectors, or make yourself a crossover
cable. Happy crimping!

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