Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler This Linksys switch has outsmarted me….

making patch cables? You are brave. I bought a crimper and tried to crimp one end of CAT5. It's still sittin in the box.

I just got to Fry's and buy 1' cables.

Aww, patch cables aren't that hard! orangewhite orange, bluewhite green, greenwhite blue, brownwhite brown...

Ah, but you underestimate my laziness...

Well you know mdrew, my airmiles are starting to climb w/o any foreseeable use.
I wonder if they can get me to Alaska...

Ken, while the topology of your cable pinouts is correct, it does no fit either of the two standards (T568A and B). I learned the B variation -- OW-O-GW-Bl-BlW-G-BrW-Br -- but in both variations, the blues and the browns go unused.

Geekboy smackdown time!

You sure about that standard B? I could have sworn I was right. Been awhile since I've done it, though. Heck, as I think about it, you're probably right, and that's the way I've done it.

I used the order that Peter listed. Not because I knew to do this, but that's what was on the little color chart in the box of conectors..... Hardest part about making these bastards was straightening, and then getting the wires to lay straight.

A box of fifty connectors, a crimping tool and a 100' spool of Cat5e was about a third the cost of 10 pre made patch cables. ...and now I have one more tool for the tool box, and I like tools. I did all the interior telephone terminations and routing on a 110 block too. Another excuse for another tool. Come to think about it, that's why I built my house; a good excuse to buy a bunch of tools.

I've enjoyed doing the Cat6 runs throughout the house, but I only do the ones from the switch to the wall jacks. I still bought pre-made patch cables to go from the wall jacks to the devices. Different websites had me concerned about field-terminated Cat6 cables back when I was buying the stuff. But yeah, this thread just reminds me that I have to buy a new switch still. The one I have has annoyingly loud fan noise, and I don't think I'm adventurous enough to try to open it up and clean and grease the fan.