How Do You Wire Cat 5E Cable?
Cat 5E cable is the industry standard for wiring home networks and offices for the Internet. Cat 5E cables can be ran along baseboards or above drop ceilings, terminating into RJ-45 plugs. Wire cat 5E cables in just a few steps. Place cat 5E cable from the source to the target destination along the walls or above a drop ceiling. A source could be a router, DSL modem or cable modem. The target could be another router or a PC. Leave enough slack in the event you need to tuck or cut the cable ends. Strip 2 inches of PVC cover from the ends of the cat 5E cable. Note the colored wired pairs and divide them into white-green green, white-orange orange, white-blue blue and white-brown brown. Pull apart the wires for standard cat 5 A connections, 568A, in the following manner from left to right: white-green, green, white-orange, blue, blue-white, orange, white-brown and brown. For standard cat 5 B connections, 568B, pull apart the wires in the following manner from left to right: white-orange,
