DIY Cable Labels - Custom Design Your Own Network Cable Labels

Since moving into our home in 2013 the network cables at our media panel have been unlabeled, meaning we've had no idea which cable went to which room in the house. I've thought about labeling them for years now and in this video I finally get around to doing it. I looked at simply buying some pre-made labels online but I'm a DIY kind of guy and felt I could make something myself for much less money that would suit our purpose perfectly; so I grabbed some clear packaging tape, fired up Photoshop on my PC and got to work. In his video I show you the process of how I planned and made my labels as well as how I traced/identified which cables go to which rooms in our house. It's actually pretty simple. I hope you enjoy the video and it helps spark some ideas for you.
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Time Stamps
0:00 - Intro, my home network setup
0:36 - the problem I want to deal with today
1:15 - browsing premade labels online
1:44 - planning my DIY labels
2:35 - creating my labels in Photoshop
4:12 - adhering my DIY labels to my cables
5:07 - how I identified which cable goes to which room
5:39 - Thanks for watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)
Music in this video - "Apolllo" by Patrick Patrikios from the TH-cam Creator Studio Music Library
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[@paulgriffin8566]

I am going through the very same dilema at the moment, trying to find decent labels to put on the myriad of cables I have in my network cupboard. Your DIY solution is fantastic. Many thanks for sharing.

[@Lenticular67]

Nice! Labeling cables is a must, especially if you have a lot of devices to use.

[@junipersprites2167]

Thank you!! I've been trying to come up with cable management strategies in our home. Too often, we end up with "doom boxes" of old cables in which I have no idea what they belong to. This is a great way to know at a glance what it does!

[@TheJjtea]

Thank you so much for this video. I am going to try it out.

[@fapafterdark2632]

This is cool. I will try this. You should have left all the cables in and just identified which one lit up when you moved from room to room. But I agree a toner or tracer would have saved time but, I’m cheap too 😂

[@asfandyarkakar9898]

Wow Sir, creating labels in photoshop is so satisfying. thumbsup

[@davinozen]

You should get a Ethernet cable tester. Saves a ton of time and comes in more handy than you think. Gonna steal your label trick!

[@gaiusvalerius7115]

Woah! this is so helpful.

[@carbsncaffeine9254]

super cool

[@kittsdiy]

Nice looking ..tryed this method also .. packing tape will not stick for years ..because of temperature . especially in a cabinet with server/switches .. so not goed for long run .. you will have renew them sometimes or add new layer of clear tape ..

[@crooker2]

Packing tape. Interesting. I've tried this same thing with scotch tape but found that over time, the tape would just come loose and peel off. But maybe the packing tape has a more robust adhesive side.

[@manikoo1]

My ocd likes yours spacing of the cábeles on the switch

[@1floggedhorse]

Brilliant! But my experience tells me the glue on the tape will fail and the plastic tape will yellow and become brittle.... what tape to use? Is Scotch or 3M the quality key?

[@ShravanParthasarathy]

Thanks for the video. I just have a labelmaker sitting around to use for this kind of stuff, but the dang thing takes 6 AA batteries.

[@Maraksot78]

Nice! That's a lot of batteries though for one device! 😅

[@countyofwaldobelfastmaine8911]

how have these labels held up over time to heat, etc?

[@cpanic1153]

Why no patch panel? Those male terminated RJ45 cables without boots really sets off my OCD.

[@jerrymiller8313]

I just checked Amazon and can buy 800 wrap around labels for 23.00 they come in sheets of 30 or so and can be run through a lazer printer.

[@MarcoPatterson]

why not leave all cables plugged into netgear switch. none of them will light up unless your laptop in plugged into the room you are in. That will save you some steps. Also, why not get 2 people, one in that room with switch and other walk around each room with laptop. then have them keep track on what cables lights up when you move to each room. by the way good video

[@mrobvious1100]

Colored Cat6 connector boots.. 100 pieces for $9 gets you 10 colors with 10 each you can also just use electrical tape and then use a white permanent marker

[@sakalammalakas5658]

Try to use wire tracker next time to check the cable instead of connecting to network one by one sir

[@austinreeves5221]

Who ever ran the cable should have labeled it

[@Maraksot78]

Yup, but they didnt; so I did. 😁

[@austinreeves5221]

@@Maraksot78 nice I’ve had to Same. Nice labels

[@prouddaddyofdos]

A good label maker cost about $30

[@imdbtruth]

Thanks for the video! Let's go Brandon