Cat 6 Wire

In the computing world, and ethernet crossover cable is a cable with ethernet capabilities that are used to connect computing peripherals together directly where they would normally be connected more directly.

With an ethernet crossover cable, you could connect two computers together using their network adapters.

There are several standards of ethernet over twisted pair or computer networking physical connectivity methods which are used with the ethernet crossover cable. These standards are 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX ethernet and there is also 1000BASE-T.

These three standards of connectivity all use the same connectors and run at 10 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s, and 1000 Mbit/s.

This ethernet crossover cable will also allow you to connect two devices and have them communicate without a hub or switch or router. The ethernet crossover cable uses the pins of the RJ-45 connector that is applied to both ends of the cross over cable.

Only two of these pins in the RJ-45 are used to carry the ethernet signal. There are 8 pins in the RJ-45 connector.

When making an ethernet crossover cable, having three or four RJ-45 connectors is a good idea. And you must also have the correct length of network cable preferably the UTP-cat5 cable. You need to make sure the ethernet crossover cable is not too short or not to long because failure to have the correct length will result in the ethernet signal not making it through the ethernet crossover cable.

You will need to strip both ends of the cat5 networking cable in order to visibly see the 8 wires that are in cased in the main cable insulation. Then you have to individually strip the coating around the 8 wires usually about an inch long so the ethernet crossover cable will have the correct fitted connectors on each end.

You will need to make sure that the connector cable lock pinches the main cable insulation as the 8 wires will be installed inside the RJ-45 connector.

You will then need to carefully install all 8 wires into the 8 holes within the RJ-45 connector far enough in that when you go to secure the connector cable lock, the ethernet crossover cable will have a properly installed connector.

Once this is done, you will then need to seat the 8 brass conductors on the RJ-45 connector. Each wire has its own brass conductor and if they are not seated correctly there will be no connection with the wires.

You can use a small pliers to press down all the brass conductors at one time to the ridges and then use a small thin screwdriver to finish seating them to the proper level.

Once this is all finished and you have done it all properly, then you have yourself an ethernet crossover cable.