TLE 9 module (ICT)

Network Troubleshooting Tools

1. LAN Tester – is a device used for testing the network connection.

Figure22. LAN Tester

2. Crimping tool- is a device used to crimp the RJ45 connector to the UTP cable.

Figure23. Crimping Tool

3. RJ45 – stands for “registered jack” , since it is a standardized networking

interface. The “45” simply refers to the number of the interface standard. Each
RJ45 connector has eight pins, which means cable contains eight separate wires.

4. Cutter – use to cut the wire

5. UTP Cable

A UTP cable (category 5) is one of the most popular LAN cables. This cable
consists of 4 twisted pairs of metal wires (that means there are 8 wires in the
cable). Adding RJ45 connectors at both ends of the UTP cable it becomes a LAN
cable they usually use.
Preparation
You need a UTP Cable, Crimping Tool, RJ45, and Cutter

Figure . Materials for Cabling

Making Cable
Follow the steps below.
1. Remove the outmost vinyl shield for 12mm at one end of the cable (we call this
side A-side).

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 2. Arrange the metal wires in parallel (refer the each section's wire arrangement
table). Don't remove the shield of each metal line.
3. Insert the metal wires into RJ45 connector on keeping the metal wire
arrangement.
4. Set the RJ45 connector (with the cable) on the pliers, and squeeze it tightly.
5. Make the other side of the cable (we call this side B-side) in the same way.
6. After you made it, you don't need to take care of the direction of the cable. (Any
cable in this page is directionless --- that means you can set either end of the
cable to either device.)

How to see the wire arrangement

Take the UTP cable with your left hand and a RJ45 connector with your right
hand. Hold the RJ45 connector in the way you can see the contact metal face of
the RJ45 connector.

The tables below are for the case where the UTP cable consists of
green/green-white, orange/orange-white, blue/blue-white, brown/brown-white
twisted pairs.

10 Base T / 100 Base T Straight

10BaseT and 100BaseT are most common mode of LAN. You can use UTP
category-5 cable for both modes. (You can use UTP category-3 cable for 10BaseT,
in which there are only 3 wires inside the cable.)
Pin ID side A side B
1 orange-white orange-white
2 orange orange
3 green-white green-white
4 blue blue
5 blue-white blue-white

6 green green
7 brown-white brown-white
8 brown brown

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 A straight cable is used to connect a computer to a hub. You can use it to connect
2 hubs in the case one of the hubs has an uplink port (and you use normal port on
the other hub).

Roles/functions of each color.

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