crimping ethernet without eyes

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Sat Mar 13 10:32:24 EST 2004


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cool.
I was thinking of building something like this.
but how do you know what order the leeds go in?
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 
09:55:23AM -0500, talmage at somtel.com wrote:
> 
> It's been a while since I had to do it, but when I had to, I made a tester 
> to figure which wires were which.
> My tester is just a unit I put together with a 9 volt battery, a tone 
> generator from Radio Shack, and 2 leads with alligator clips.  I used 
> alligator clips so I could put a pin in 1 to get in the grooves of the 
> plug, and I wanted the tester for other stuff.
> 
> At 09:33 AM 3/13/2004, you wrote:
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> >Hi all.
> >Has anyone found a solution for crimping the ends on ethernet cables
> >without being able to see what color the wires are? I would like to be
> >able to make these network cables since I often need small 6-ft wires
> >and don't feel like going to the store everythime I need one.
> 
> 
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