How many of you guys make your own Ethernet cables?

[bcredeur97]

I have a box of 1000 feet CAT6 in the attic that I'll use whenever I need it. Its was free, so whatever.

 

I keep a small roll of it in my car. Along with the strip/crimp tool and a bag of connectors. 

 

I still haven't memorized the order of the wires. But I do it so little that I'm not sure I even care. 

[SkywardKkalox]

I have a box of 1000 feet CAT6 in the attic that I'll use whenever I need it. Its was free, so whatever.

 

I keep a small roll of it in my car. Along with the strip/crimp tool and a bag of connectors. 

 

I still haven't memorized the order of the wires. But I do it so little that I'm not sure I even care. 

For type A it's, Green White, Green, Blue White, Orange, Orange White, Blue, Brown White, Brown.

For Type B it's Orange White, Orange, Blue white, Green, Green white, Blue, Brown white, Brown.

[bcredeur97]

For type A it's, Green White, Green, Blue White, Orange, Orange White, Blue, Brown White, Brown.

For Type B it's Orange White, Orange, Blue white, Green, Green white, Blue, Brown white, Brown.

not gonna remember lol... wikipedia will always be there

 

but u get an internet cookie for the effort

[Speedyv]

No.

But I craft my own socks.

[Kyuubixchidori]

Have a 1000ft roll my dad got for work, so make my own

[itachipirate]

My Dad goes to work... and says "can I borrow one of these" to about a million spools of ethernet cables hundreds of yards long, then he comes home and splices whatever length we need

[Lewellyn]

Has it even been answered in this thread what OP means by "make it yourself" ? I had to cut wire off of a spool to run it through the walls and fit the connectors into a socket, but I'm not sure if that counts.

[harrynowl]

I do at work, I don't like having massive coils of oversized cables so I like to be a bit more specific about the length.

[pspfreak]

I make ethernet cables all the time. I have probably 15+ ethernet cables i have in use right now that i have made. I own no preterminated ethernet cables. 

[Virus__]

Yeah, but every one i've made has never come out right, damn it. I scored a massive roll (like 100 metres or something) of Cat 6 solid core cable for like 30 bucks.. I should give it another shot, and run a cable to my room, but i'm so lazy...

[ExcitezR]

made one at college because i had to... not again 

[fringie]

It's more enjoyable when you make them yourself.

Lolwut, it's horribly fiddly. I hate it.

 

+ Nop because doing it is a pain and it's already cheap. If it was expensive I would.

[79 Potatoes]

I'm using the same 4 cables for years and no probs (I think one of them is 14 y.o.)