Computer System Servicing
Lab Report
Title: Connect Ethernet cable to the PC
Statement of the Problem: “ One of my professor give me a task to connect Ethernet
cable to the PC.
Hypothesis: If the installment of Ethernet cable is wrong the PC can’t access the
internet.
Materials: 1 computer and Ethernet Cable
Procedure:
Set Up a Network Between One Computer
The first step is to connect the Ethernet cable to LAN (RJ45). Now follow the directions
below with one computer at a time.
To install Ethernet cable you must go to LAN check if the color coding is correct you
must follow the direction you have two option straight-through or crossover and follow
the color coding below is straight through A the color is 1st Red 2nd Green 3rd White
Orange 4th Blue 5th White Blue 6th Orange 7th White Brown 8th Brown and crossover and
straight through B 1st White Orange 2nd Orange 3rd White Green 4th Blue 5th White Blue
6th Green 7th White Brown 8th Brown.
Ethernet Cable Instructions:
Pull the cable off the reel to the desired length and cut. If you are pulling cables
through holes, it’s easier to attach the RJ-45 plugs after the cable is pulled. The total
length of wire segments between a PC and a hub or between two PC’s cannot
exceed 100 Meters (328 feet) for 100BASE-TX and 300 Meters for 10BASE-T.
Start on one end and strip the cable jacket off (about 1″) using a stripper or a knife.
Be extra careful not to nick the wires, otherwise you will need to start over.
Spread, untwist the pairs, and arrange the wires in the order of the desired cable
end. Flatten the end between your thumb and forefinger. Trim the ends of the wires so
they are even with one another, leaving only 1/2″ in wire length. If it is longer than 1/2″ it
will be out-of-spec and susceptible to crosstalk. Flatten and insure there are no spaces
between wires.
Hold the RJ-45 plug with the clip facing down or away from you. Push the wires
firmly into the plug. Inspect each wire is flat even at the front of the plug. Check the
order of the wires. Double check again. Check that the jacket is fitted right against
the stop of the plug. Carefully hold the wire and firmly crimp the RJ-45 with the
crimper.
Check the color orientation, check that the crimped connection is not about to come
apart, and check to see if the wires are flat against the front of the plug. If even one of
these are incorrect, you will have to start over. Test the Ethernet cable.
Ethernet Cable Tips: A straight-thru cable has identical ends.
A crossover cable has different ends.
A straight-thru is used as a patch cord in Ethernet connections.
A crossover is used to connect two Ethernet devices without a hub or for connecting
two hubs.
A crossover has one end with the Orange set of wires switched with the Green set.
Odd numbered pins are always striped, even numbered pins are always solid
colored.
Looking at the RJ-45 with the clip facing away from you, Brown is always on the
right, and pin 1 is on the left.
No more than 1/2″ of the Ethernet cable should be untwisted otherwise it will be
susceptible to crosstalk.
Do not deform, do not bend, do not stretch, do not staple, do not run parallel with
power cables, and do not run Ethernet cables near noise inducing components.
Basic Theory:
By looking at a T-568A UTP Ethernet straight-thru cable and an Ethernet crossover
cable with a T-568B end, we see that the TX (transmitter) pins are connected to the
corresponding RX (receiver) pins, plus to plus and minus to minus. You can also see
that both the blue and brown wire pairs on pins 4, 5, 7, and 8 are not used in either
standard. What you may not realize is that, these same pins 4, 5, 7, and 8 are not
used or required in 100BASE-TX as well. So why bother using these wires, well for
one thing its simply easier to make a connection with all the wires grouped together.
Otherwise you’ll be spending time trying to fit those tiny little wires into each of the
corresponding holes in the RJ-45 connector.
Conclusions: This lab experiment search the proper connect of cable Ethernet
cable in order to solve the problem I applied the procedures given. I believed that the
result are accurate and acceptable and amazing because we try our best to solve
the problem and it was performed actually to my lab professor.
