After seeing that my wireless speeds were much faster than the speeds I was getting over Ethernet, I decided to invest in some new cables. I didn’t know it before, but I saw while I was changing them out that my current cables were Cat 5e. While putting my network together, I had just been grabbing whatever cables I could find in my scrap drawers. Now I have Cat 8 cables and my speeds jumped from 7MB/s to an average of over 40MB/s. It’s a much bigger improvement than I expected, especially for such a small investment.

  • gibmiserEnglish
    181·
    2 months ago2 months ago

    Orange white, orange

    Green white, blue

    Blue white, green

    Brown white, brown

    Learned it 20 years ago, never used it. how did I do?

    • CaptSneezeEnglish
      110·
      2 months ago

      You pass! I’ve done several thousands of these over the past decade.

      • Dave.English
        111·
        2 months ago

        I have not cared about or terminated A-spec after network cards gained auto MDI/MDIX about 20 years ago.

    • rebelsimileEnglish
      50·
      2 months ago

      yeah I did this almost 30 years ago and could recite it from scratch, haven’t made a cable since hs

    • teawrecksEnglish
      20·
      2 months ago

      I forget the order 5 times in the middle of crimping each side, so you’re doing better than me.

    • slazer2auEnglish
      22·
      2 months ago

      Ewwww orange first? Why are you making a crossover cable backwards for?

      • towerfulEnglish
        70·
        2 months ago

        I thought T568B at each end was standard practice these days

        • slazer2auEnglish
          50·
          2 months ago

          Depends where in the world you are.

          We use A in Australia and from what I have seen in western Europe A is also used more.