{"id":1965,"date":"2022-12-27T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devpath.pro\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2023-08-29T20:55:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:55:01","slug":"server-rack-pet-project-cabling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/sys-admin\/server-rack-pet-project-cabling","title":{"rendered":"Server Rack Pet-Project: Cabling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After having configured the <a href=\"https:\/\/devpath.pro\/sys-admin\/server-rack-pet-project-firewall\/\">firewall<\/a>, I needed to have one extra cable to plug it to the switch in order to connect my laptop to the network. (Un)fortunately I ran out of spare ethernet cables, so I took advantage of this to learn how to make one.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I went to the shop and bought 2 meters UTP RJ45 cable, a crimper, and some connectors. Then, started the &#8220;fun&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I knew roughly how to make one, but the important part about the order of the colours I had to google it a bit, I used this as reference:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1966\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1966 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EthernetRJ45A.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andcorp.com.au\/how-to-setup-an-rj45-pinout\/\">How to Setup an RJ45 Pinout? &#8211; Anderson Corporation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t follow the crossover reference, as I didn&#8217;t need to connect two device directly together (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethernet_crossover_cable\">more details here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1970 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220701_peeled-885x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"787\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1971 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220701_sorted-936x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"744\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1972 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220701_crimping-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1968 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220701_done-947x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"735\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1969\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1969 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220701_fail-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not all the cables were working right away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After making a few cables I was finally happy to have this missing skill covered, I still don&#8217;t remember the colour order by heart but I guess it is ok to check at the reference picture \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After having configured the firewall, I needed to have one extra cable to plug it to the switch in order to connect my laptop to the network. 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