SIZ Approved Course | Peer to Peer Network | Lecture 03 | Cable Configuration and Crimping [ 20 % payout to @siz-official ]

Cable Configurations

There are two basic cable Configurations for Networking (the rollover Configuration will not be included), and it's important that you don't get this facts mixed up. Both Configurations can be used in a peer-to-peer network, but can't be used interchangeable so you have to know when to use which. The Configurations are:

• The Straigh through Cable Configuration
• The Crossover Cable Configuration

To remember when to use a specific configuration I came across this idea, when connecting two devices of the same type, use a Crossover Cable. But when connecting two devices of different type, use a straight through cable.

S/N	DeviceA	Device B	Configurations
1	Computr	Computer	Crossover Cable
2	Computer	Switch	Straight through
3	Switch	Switch	Crossover Cable
4	Router	Switch	Straight through
5	Router	Router	Crossover Cable
6	Computer	hub	Straight through

At this point you should have noticed a patent indicating that once A and B are the same, we use a crossover cable but when A and B are not the same, we need a straight through cable.
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Configuring a UTP into a Straight through

^{Use this picture to identify the right orientation}

To configure a UTP Cable in to a straight through cable, you will have to arrange and crimp the eight wires in the arrangement shown bellow.

Pin No	Side B	Side B
x	T568-A	T568-A
1	Green White	Green White
2	Green	Green
3	Orange white	Orange White
4	Blue	Blue
5	Blue White	Blue White
6	Orange	Orange
7	Brown White	Brown White
8	Brown	Brown

Arranging the cable into T568-A on both sides of the cable creates a Straight through cable.

Configuring a UTP into a crossover

To configure a crossover cable you will have to configure one end of the UTP cable as a T568-A and the other end as a T568-B

Pin No	Side A	Side B
x	T568-A	T568-B
1	~Green White~	Orange White
2	Green	Orange
3	Orange white	~Green White~
4	Blue	Blue
5	Blue White	Blue White
6	Orange	Green
7	Brown White	Brown White
8	Brown	Brown

Crimping the Cable

• Trim the tips to make sure they are equal.
• Insert the cable into the Connector.
• Crimp the Connector as hard as you can
• Make sure the wires are straight
• Make sure the cables cover is trapped in

Use a Cable Tester

After Crimping the cable, you will need a cable tester to confirm continuity and Configuration. The concluding part of the video above will provide more information on how to use a cable tester to confirm continuity and Configuration.

Conclusion

The configured crossover cable will be used in our next lesson as a medium for transferring data or information between the computers in the peer to peer Network.

Please don't miss out on our next lesson for anything as we shall be looking at Setup, Configuration and file transfer on a peer to peer Network.