I'm amazed at how well this video was done. How is it that so many info videos are so poorly crafted and this one is so important to any amateur tech. I've wanted to do this a million times and now I have the tools and talent to do it well. Thank you for your time and expertise, but mostly for your excellent communicative style and patience with your audience.
Hey good video. just wanted to let anyone that doesn't know that what you refer to as the "head" is called a RJ45, so you know what to ask for at your local hardware/computer store. I'm an electrician and almost never have to install these, but tomorrow I get to install 20 of them for a company's LAN. So this video was a good reminder for me. Thanks again
excellent tutorial - and friendly. (In time, cable head tabs often break and some connectors are now spring-loaded so you require a good tab to lock it. And, yes - shoving the wires in (crucial step) is an acquired skill. I agree that pliers (needle nose) helps prepare a flat line in the right order and, while pushing them in, pinch flat, close in, and shove. If straight and flat the wires find the right grooves. One cable I repaired had the wire scheme: (white, orange, lime green, dark blue, turquoise, dark green, pink brown, brown). Go figure.
thanks much, successfully terminated two new cords after cutting the bad patch out of an old 50 footer. this vid was clear and concise, and the good natured humor only made it that much better :)
just bought 10 new rj45's and a cripmping tool from ebay for £3.95, Bragin, considering th ecable cost £30, the connector got broke pushing it through a wall, during installation 4 years ago, finally I realised that this is possible, thankyou. I been using wifi for sooooo long and now i can finally go back to the good old network cable. you saved me. GG. great video.
Those filaments strands you cut away actually have an important purpose. The filaments strands are there so you can rip back the blue jacket beyond where you did the circular cut of the blue jacket. You are not supposed to use the wire strands where you did the circular cut because there is a good chance you nicked the wires with the blade. You rip the jacket back with the filament strands then cut off the wires where you did the circular cut. Now there is no chance the wires you have left have a nick and break off.
Thanks very much! I cut the incoming cat5 cable from our internet dish one day after our service was restored after three weeks out due to wildfire. Life looked grim for me as others were not happy but with this video and a trip to the hardware store I am restored to normal status. Thanks very much,
Real nice video. One thing, to get the cables to line up and fit properly in their respective color slots just line them up in order 1st and straighten with pliers or even fingers (also flattening them in a straight plane & flush in color order). This way when inserted into the connector they should stay put and not misalign.
Been doing this for years. The hardest part is working in low light conditions, where white/green strip and while/blue stripe wires look nearly identical. :)
Unfortunately I learned what is the right side of putting the head ruining my first one and crying a little, I will listen to you carefully next time, thanks, great video.
Thanks, very very helpful. There were a few times where the camera wasn't focused on what you were doing but I got the gist. Thanks for taking the time.
I'm glad I saved the old head of the cable that I had to cut off so I could reference which order the other 8 small cables were in. Also this videp came in very useful in dire times when my cable broke, thanka a bunch!
This takes me back to school campus I found a cardboard box by the trash, inside there was about 3-4 rolls ethernet cable- estimate the length to be 300 meters cable total ofc I took it, category 5 cable. Went online and bought shit loads of terminal heads. I sold cables ranging from 5 to 20meters and made some tax free cashioso. Ty for video and reminding me about the good ol days I had back in 04.
a little trick from a low voltage/phone tech from years back. the string that you called Insulation we used as a safeguard so we made sure the solid copper wasn't nicked making it weaker and easier to break when handling. cut the shield just like you showed. then grab the insulation with a pair of needle nose. pull back an inch or so. it will cut the shield. then where you stripped the original shield cut off the tips exposed above the shield, then cut the split insulation off. guarantees that there will be no nicks in your copper.
Just want to say THANK YOU!! Because of this vid I saved $200. Made a call to Geek Squad as well another Local Tech. Long story short... I went to Home Depot bought what you suggested. cost me about $25. not to go into any more details ... Except Thanks!!!
the fiber in the cable is a slitting cord to slit the insulation. If you are worried about knicking the conductors then cut about an inch or so of the insulation off, grab hold of the cord and pull, I usually expose 2 1/2-3 inches of conductor. As you organize the conductors hold them between your thumb and finger and that will help keep them together. When you go to cut your conductors usually about the length of your thumb nail, still holding them between your thumb and finger.
hey, thanks for the response I fixed the problem went back to the crimping tool to push the blades in a bit further as when I looked a little closer it seemed some had not pushed through the jacket and as to them not staying clicked in the Ethernet port the crimping tool flattened the clip on the top so had to pull that up a bit.
I recommend trimming the tops on the cable ends flat before pushing in and when I push in I flip the tool over so I can see the end of the plug and I push until I see the copper tips at the end of the plug. Then I usually crimp 3 times to be sure. Also besore I push in the cable I pinch them tight with my fingers so they don't move around. I very rarely have to redo a cable using this method. If you want to cheat you can get a crimper tool called an Easy RJ Pro and buy the much more expensive RJ45 tips that let you pull the strands through the other end. The easy RJ pro tool will cut the ends off the wires that hang out the end but lets you do ends pretty quick. I have had some people tell me that these jacks have caused shorts before but that may be that the tool was worn out.
Thanks, i have a couple of really long ethernet cables lying around that are twisted to a point they don't work anymore, near the connectors. So i'll probably try and fix them after watching this.
Well, I just noticed this necro post. You actually win, after all I said "efficiency is key" and if it is more efficient to be wireless then, yes, that is actually an upgrade. Cheers.
Hey! thanks for very instructive video! Had a cable with a broken tab that worked, but constantly slipped out of its socket (obviously). Tried first justr to cut and jam the cable into a socket & then clamp, but of course, thart didn’t work. Now, since Gooooogle is your friend, I googlet it, and this video popped up. Followed your meticolous instructions, and presto! It works! A bit of a fiddle, especially when you have to use a loupe to make sure you have the right strands in place (the joys of being "adult"), but once you get it sortet out, it’s a piece of cake (pie…). :)
The conductors that are built into the connectors actually have blades on them that cut into the plastic covering of the wire and makes good contact between the wire and the conductor pins.
The string is used to stop the cable from twisting and becoming weak, some people use it to pull back and split more outer cable, but its def not used to pull cable through lol. Good video thanks
To really tidy things and prevent any liquid intrution I have started using shrink fit cable sleeves. They tidy everything very nicely. Like your video BTW. Thanks for the upload Take care. mrbluenun
Hey did you push the cables in the head far enough before crimping? ...and when you crimp the RJ45 head use enough pressure or the little blades wont go far down to allow it to clear certain ports. You may also have defective heads like I got once. Get some from Homedepot or Radio Shack.
If the damaged Ethernet connector is not working @ all ( Ethernet cable not reading enabled on PC for more than a min. ) do you think it's the connector or the actual cable ?
You must have the connectors in this particular order, if you use a different order, and even if they are the same at both ends you will get reduced speed, the reason for this is that the cable is twisted in a certain way.
Nice little tutorial :) I've had to sit beside a friend of mine while he was doing a bunch of these in the past and it's quite tedious to do, haha. Well the getting the wires in the head correctly part, anyway.
@AsKSniperMagician You'd have to go into your router's settings (There's usually an IP address or a website you go to and enter a username and password, which is usually "admin" and "password") and enable UPnP. Not all routers have this setting, and I've had this problem before. UPnP was on, and I was still getting Moderate. I just left it alone for a while and it worked.
thank u 4 this video , but doesn't the other end of the cable should be like straight cable end because u had the first prepared end as((orange white/orange,green white/blue,blue white/green,brown white/brown)????thank you again I hope that u'll answer me because i need it
Where ( walk in store )can I get cheap Ethernet connectors & do they sell that part that assists to line up the wires prior to putting it in the Ethernet connector ?
@95drumhero Wired connections are much faster, but usually your more limited by your internet connection then your connection to your wireless router. Most cat 5 cables that you can get at places like walmart are like 50-100, but if you can make your own, or find someone that can do it for you, you can make a cat 5 cable any length up to about 390ft.
@AsKSniperMagician You've probably already found this out but all I did to Open my NAT type was turn my modem off and then back on. I went from moderate NAT to open NAT.
Maybe do what I used to and cut down an old tab-less ended cable and use that to line up the smaller strands and maybe, and I am guessing this will work, use some fine fishing line to wrap round each cable making sure they are in the correct order, this will print them moving around too much. I have used a single thickness of electrical tape but this makes it a little bulky and hard to get into the new plug Just a thought, oh and I have only ever done this with other types of cable not ethernet
It is a big deal... you want as much blue as possible as the shielding locks the crimp to the shielding and helps prevent it from being detached. DO NOT CUT THE 8 WIRES UNTIL YOU HAVE THEM IN ORDER. When you untwist the 4 pairs bend the line back and forth several times and smoothen them out with your thumb and index finger. Before you cut the lines should be in order smooth side by side and ready to be inserted into the crimp end. If you want the line to last longer buy cable boots.
i use pass through heads (or rj45s) the cables stick out the tip and you can easily double check the order and will always know the cables are aligned and long enough. guarantee you always get a good crimp every time. the extra wires sticking out get trimmed off when you use a pass through crimper.
So my cable wire was ripped from the wall jack do i need to get a new plastic this that i can slide the wires in. Or is there anyway i can use the same plastic part
I'm amazed at how well this video was done. How is it that so many info videos are so poorly crafted and this one is so important to any amateur tech. I've wanted to do this a million times and now I have the tools and talent to do it well. Thank you for your time and expertise, but mostly for your excellent communicative style and patience with your audience.
Dude, this guy is setting you up to fail. Poor quality work and even poorer, although long winded explanation.
9 years later and your video is still very helpful, thank you.
Why does it take 12 minutes to explain something this simple? I cant be arsed to watch such a long video for such a quick procedure.
Thank you. This little video was all I needed to get the job done. -Made it on my first attempt, no wires crossed :)
We don't want to have to go under a crawl space to pull new cable through so this was a treasure to find. Thank you.
Hey good video. just wanted to let anyone that doesn't know that what you refer to as the "head" is called a RJ45, so you know what to ask for at your local hardware/computer store. I'm an electrician and almost never have to install these, but tomorrow I get to install 20 of them for a company's LAN. So this video was a good reminder for me. Thanks again
excellent tutorial - and friendly. (In time, cable head tabs often break and some connectors are now spring-loaded so you require a good tab to lock it. And, yes - shoving the wires in (crucial step) is an acquired skill. I agree that pliers (needle nose) helps prepare a flat line in the right order and, while pushing them in, pinch flat, close in, and shove. If straight and flat the wires find the right grooves. One cable I repaired had the wire scheme: (white, orange, lime green, dark blue, turquoise, dark green, pink brown, brown). Go figure.
thanks much, successfully terminated two new cords after cutting the bad patch out of an old 50 footer. this vid was clear and concise, and the good natured humor only made it that much better :)
just bought 10 new rj45's and a cripmping tool from ebay for £3.95, Bragin, considering th ecable cost £30, the connector got broke pushing it through a wall, during installation 4 years ago, finally I realised that this is possible, thankyou. I been using wifi for sooooo long and now i can finally go back to the good old network cable. you saved me. GG. great video.
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Those filaments strands you cut away actually have an important purpose. The filaments strands are there so you can rip back the blue jacket beyond where you did the circular cut of the blue jacket. You are not supposed to use the wire strands where you did the circular cut because there is a good chance you nicked the wires with the blade. You rip the jacket back with the filament strands then cut off the wires where you did the circular cut. Now there is no chance the wires you have left have a nick and break off.
Thanks very much! I cut the incoming cat5 cable from our internet dish one day after our service was restored after three weeks out due to wildfire. Life looked grim for me as others were not happy but with this video and a trip to the hardware store I am restored to normal status. Thanks very much,
Real nice video. One thing, to get the cables to line up and fit properly in their respective color slots just line them up in order 1st and straighten with pliers or even fingers (also flattening them in a straight plane & flush in color order). This way when inserted into the connector they should stay put and not misalign.
rayljr i see thats ok
Been doing this for years. The hardest part is working in low light conditions, where white/green strip and while/blue stripe wires look nearly identical. :)
+Chuck Anderson Sometimes you need a loop to help and see colors.
Yea, great idea, but I use a headband light and I really look like a
geek :)
Tom Buckley I have the exact same problem
@@rhysbuckley4348 Too bad. I take care of that problem right away.
Some junky old cabling that is slightly clear the brown fades and looks orange. I hate that cable.
Unfortunately I learned what is the right side of putting the head ruining my first one and crying a little, I will listen to you carefully next time, thanks, great video.
Nice video.Thank you. I crimp all types of cables. One thing you need in video is a cable tester.
I test everything.
Thanks, very very helpful. There were a few times where the camera wasn't focused on what you were doing but I got the gist. Thanks for taking the time.
I'm glad I saved the old head of the cable that I had to cut off so I could reference which order the other 8 small cables were in.
Also this videp came in very useful in dire times when my cable broke, thanka a bunch!
nice video, very helpful
Lol , you are here . I watch all of your videos !!
I 😂 I
This takes me back to school campus
I found a cardboard box by the trash, inside there was about 3-4 rolls ethernet cable- estimate the length to be 300 meters cable total
ofc I took it, category 5 cable.
Went online and bought shit loads of terminal heads.
I sold cables ranging from 5 to 20meters and made some tax free cashioso.
Ty for video and reminding me about the good ol days I had back in 04.
a little trick from a low voltage/phone tech from years back. the string that you called Insulation we used as a safeguard so we made sure the solid copper wasn't nicked
making it weaker and easier to break when handling.
cut the shield just like you showed. then grab the insulation with a pair of needle nose. pull back an inch or so.
it will cut the shield. then where you stripped the original shield cut off the tips
exposed above the shield, then cut the split insulation off.
guarantees that there will be no nicks in your copper.
Just want to say THANK YOU!! Because of this vid I saved $200. Made a call to Geek Squad as well another Local Tech. Long story short... I went to Home Depot bought what you suggested. cost me about $25. not to go into any more details ... Except Thanks!!!
the fiber in the cable is a slitting cord to slit the insulation. If you are worried about knicking the conductors then cut about an inch or so of the insulation off, grab hold of the cord and pull, I usually expose 2 1/2-3 inches of conductor. As you organize the conductors hold them between your thumb and finger and that will help keep them together. When you go to cut your conductors usually about the length of your thumb nail, still holding them between your thumb and finger.
hey, thanks for the response I fixed the problem went back to the crimping tool to push the blades in a bit further as when I looked a little closer it seemed some had not pushed through the jacket and as to them not staying clicked in the Ethernet port the crimping tool flattened the clip on the top so had to pull that up a bit.
1:59: "You got the cable HEEEEAYAAAA' - died! Thank you for making my day!
I recommend trimming the tops on the cable ends flat before pushing in and when I push in I flip the tool over so I can see the end of the plug and I push until I see the copper tips at the end of the plug. Then I usually crimp 3 times to be sure. Also besore I push in the cable I pinch them tight with my fingers so they don't move around. I very rarely have to redo a cable using this method.
If you want to cheat you can get a crimper tool called an Easy RJ Pro and buy the much more expensive RJ45 tips that let you pull the strands through the other end. The easy RJ pro tool will cut the ends off the wires that hang out the end but lets you do ends pretty quick. I have had some people tell me that these jacks have caused shorts before but that may be that the tool was worn out.
Thanks, i have a couple of really long ethernet cables lying around that are twisted to a point they don't work anymore, near the connectors. So i'll probably try and fix them after watching this.
Excellent video!! very clear instructions...nice positive easy going attitude. Thank you
thanks for showing what to do, including your mistakes! It makes it more real!
Thanks bud. Nice honest friendly tutorial.
Thanks for this, after understanding the mechanism I fixed my cable even without the crimping tool.
How ?!!!!
With a Victorinox pocket knife.
It was neat I liked the vid. It was video instructions. IRL this would probably take five minutes. But he was thoroughly explaining and that's OK.
well, this was actually helpful, as I have a couple of cables with broken tabs that keeps falling out of my router.
Well, I just noticed this necro post. You actually win, after all I said "efficiency is key" and if it is more efficient to be wireless then, yes, that is actually an upgrade. Cheers.
Hey! thanks for very instructive video! Had a cable with a broken tab that worked, but constantly slipped out of its socket (obviously). Tried first justr to cut and jam the cable into a socket & then clamp, but of course, thart didn’t work. Now, since Gooooogle is your friend, I googlet it, and this video popped up. Followed your meticolous instructions, and presto! It works!
A bit of a fiddle, especially when you have to use a loupe to make sure you have the right strands in place (the joys of being "adult"), but once you get it sortet out, it’s a piece of cake (pie…). :)
Oh boy thank you. Was finally able to fix my room's ethernet cable. ✌❤
The conductors that are built into the connectors actually have blades on them that cut into the plastic covering of the wire and makes good contact between the wire and the conductor pins.
Thanks bud, still useful after 9 years haha
The string is used to stop the cable from twisting and becoming weak, some people use it to pull back and split more outer cable, but its def not used to pull cable through lol.
Good video thanks
Very helpful video. May I ask how this works given that the 8 tiny wires are not stripped before you put them in the new RJ45 plug?
the connector has little conductive blades that puncture the insulation of each wire when you crimp it.
Thanks Andrew. I found it out myself by messing around with it. I had to buy a crimper like the one used in the video.
To really tidy things and prevent any liquid intrution I have started using shrink fit cable sleeves. They tidy everything very nicely.
Like your video BTW. Thanks for the upload
Take care.
mrbluenun
Thanks for the video, it was invaluable in fixing our cable. Got it the first try!
Thanks man! This is exactly what I was looking for! 👍🏽👍🏽
Hey Tom, think you meant "should have been". It's not "should of" you lepton. Come to Harlem with that tough talk; let's see how tough you really are.
Tom Buckley why are u here then? Are u also a virgin because u watched the video?
Thanks so much bro now i can hop on destiny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey did you push the cables in the head far enough before crimping? ...and when you crimp the RJ45 head use enough pressure or the little blades wont go far down to allow it to clear certain ports. You may also have defective heads like I got once. Get some from Homedepot or Radio Shack.
It's a basic crimper/cutter tool. This one is designed for RJ-45 and RJ-11. This method is just terminating a cat-5 cable with a RJ-45 connector.
If the damaged Ethernet connector is not working @ all ( Ethernet cable not reading enabled on PC for more than a min. ) do you think it's the connector or the actual cable ?
Nice work - very handy video! Always a bummer when the little clip breaks off the head. But it's easy enough to fix! Cheers :)
this was very useful and helpful. thanks josh
Thanks! This was a very helpful video!
Nice video, well done.
Very informative and helpful video. Did it on the first try!
brilliant video, got it first try :D
You must have the connectors in this particular order, if you use a different order, and even if they are the same at both ends you will get reduced speed, the reason for this is that the cable is twisted in a certain way.
Great video. Attention to detail. thanks for posting it !
THANK YOU FOR THIS SMALL LECTURE NOW A`M PREPARE A CABLE
@bigbird8960 doing so will help keep your conductors in order. After doing a couple rj45's you should be able to put a end on in about a minute or so.
Thanks for this! Also had fun watching this
Thank you for the help! It worked for me!
uve been a great help... great video. well explained.. tnx
Very helpful, just did this to fit my cable through a small screw hole.
thanks bro. this video helped me alot. god bless you.
thank you man ,it was a great help for me, wish you the best !
Thanks Josh, your video tutorial did it for me
Thanks for the video, repaired my cable on first attempt. c:
The little tab broke off on the original connector
Signed in to like the video. THANKS, worked perfect 1st time, you made it really easy! :)
Nice little tutorial :)
I've had to sit beside a friend of mine while he was doing a bunch of these in the past and it's quite tedious to do, haha. Well the getting the wires in the head correctly part, anyway.
Thanks for posting. That part where you slide the wires into the back of the 8P8C modular connector (aka RJ-45) is an acquired skill. Be patient. :-)
I APPRECIATE THAT #RESPECT BRO !! U ARE IN THE GOOD WARK
@AsKSniperMagician You'd have to go into your router's settings (There's usually an IP address or a website you go to and enter a username and password, which is usually "admin" and "password") and enable UPnP. Not all routers have this setting, and I've had this problem before. UPnP was on, and I was still getting Moderate. I just left it alone for a while and it worked.
Thank You! This video taught me a lot
Hi, i was just wondering is there any reason that you dont strip the insulation off the end of the 8 small copper wires? just like a millimeter or so.
love it!!! i just did it for the first time!! so easy! thank you so much
Great tutorial - nice job!
Thanks mane... Now i know everything i needed to know
Thanks, 10 years later!
Nice video thanks, very clear and easily explained.
that hair thing at 4:50 is for pulling downward to strip more jacket off. it is not insulation
great vid
That's what he said you dipshit
thank u 4 this video , but doesn't the other end of the cable should be like straight cable end because u had the first prepared end as((orange white/orange,green white/blue,blue white/green,brown white/brown)????thank you again I hope that u'll answer me because i need it
Thanks man! Video was very helpful
Where ( walk in store )can I get cheap Ethernet connectors & do they sell that part that assists to line up the wires prior to putting it in the Ethernet connector ?
Excellent tutorial. Thank you!
Thanks - fixed /replaced Ethernet cable - works good now - thanks for your
@95drumhero Wired connections are much faster, but usually your more limited by your internet connection then your connection to your wireless router. Most cat 5 cables that you can get at places like walmart are like 50-100, but if you can make your own, or find someone that can do it for you, you can make a cat 5 cable any length up to about 390ft.
@AsKSniperMagician You've probably already found this out but all I did to Open my NAT type was turn my modem off and then back on. I went from moderate NAT to open NAT.
Thanks, very well done,
It helped me out a ton 💪🏻
I am wondering if i can put the weires into the old adapter if it's was already used?
Helped a ton! Thanks man.
Maybe do what I used to and cut down an old tab-less ended cable and use that to line up the smaller strands and maybe, and I am guessing this will work, use some fine fishing line to wrap round each cable making sure they are in the correct order, this will print them moving around too much. I have used a single thickness of electrical tape but this makes it a little bulky and hard to get into the new plug
Just a thought, oh and I have only ever done this with other types of cable not ethernet
It is a big deal... you want as much blue as possible as the shielding locks the crimp to the shielding and helps prevent it from being detached. DO NOT CUT THE 8 WIRES UNTIL YOU HAVE THEM IN ORDER. When you untwist the 4 pairs bend the line back and forth several times and smoothen them out with your thumb and index finger. Before you cut the lines should be in order smooth side by side and ready to be inserted into the crimp end. If you want the line to last longer buy cable boots.
Awesome video! Who's here in 2021? hehe
Good video. Going to fix a few around the house
i use pass through heads (or rj45s) the cables stick out the tip and you can easily double check the order and will always know the cables are aligned and long enough. guarantee you always get a good crimp every time. the extra wires sticking out get trimmed off when you use a pass through crimper.
do the two ends have to be the same? ie do the wires need to be in the same position as each other?
Saturday night, LIT!
ty, good advice about the stripper on the crimper.
Will this work with a CAT6 cable? And info is appreciated
I actually found this really entertaining. :D
👍🏻
So my cable wire was ripped from the wall jack do i need to get a new plastic this that i can slide the wires in. Or is there anyway i can use the same plastic part
are the pairs going to be glued to each other and then wounded?
Could you tell me the name of the tool which you used for Cutting the wires. Also tell me the name of this method
Will this still work if I put the wires into the tabs alone? Because I don't have any tools that look similar to the one in the video.