CAT-5 cable lacerated need help !

sKepTics_George

SKEPTICAL

Hey my new pup has just bitten through the Ethernet cable connecting my PS3 with my router,
Can it be fixed ?
and if so can you tell me how.
thanks, George

chopperbyrne

Just buy a new one. They only cost a few euro.

Straight through ethernet cable is what you're looking for.

sKepTics_George

Not the answer i was looking for but thanks anyway,

ftm2008

yes it can be fixed but if you are askin then i doubt if u have the tools(crimping tool, rj-45 plug) r knowledge to do it..
if any of the copper wires are damaged you will to cut the cable and recrimp it,, as said a straight-through cable is needed so the wiring order is important
google it and im sure u will find out how
then the crimping is not too easy unless your used to it
cable tester needed then to check cable

may not be the answer but was good advise by prev poster

Sponge Bob

twist like colour around like colour

Xcellor

sKepTics_George wrote: »

SKEPTICAL

Hey my new pup has just bitten through the Ethernet cable connecting my PS3 with my router,
Can it be fixed ?
and if so can you tell me how.
thanks, George

Fixing this would take more time and effort than buying a new one. Also if you are asking the question it means you don't have the necessary tools.

You could do a botch job which might appear to work but cause transmission degradation. Match like colour with colour, isolate and twist.

craichoe

sKepTics_George wrote: »

Not the answer i was looking for but thanks anyway,

Its not economically repairable, buy a new one, i don't know what answer you were looking for.

"No" would have been much less helpful

sKepTics_George

Thanks for all your replys, some more helpful than others, and yes im not that great with tech stuff (PS. i have a degree in computer science)
I was simply looking for a simple repair job,
thanks George.

Fuzzy Clam

All the answers were helpful, George. You can pick which advice you wish to follow but don't knock people who try to help you. Nobody here has to help you, you know! Maybe you should try to use your degree to work out problems for yourself.:rolleyes:

bk

sKepTics_George wrote: »

yes im not that great with tech stuff (PS. i have a degree in computer science)

How in gods name do you have a CS degree and not be good at "tech stuff"?

chopperbyrne

bk wrote: »

How in gods name do you have a CS degree and not be good at "tech stuff"?

Because most CS graduates are not very technical. They can program in multiple languages, but ask them to fix a printer problem and they're screwed.

MunsterCycling

Most likely a Uni grad, no IT would have given them a degree with that level of ineptitude

seamus

sKepTics_George wrote: »

I was simply looking for a simple repair job

It doesn't exist.

A proper repair would require you to;
1. Remove the plugs from each of the cable (which is irreversible)
2. Remove the sheath from the entire length of cable
3. Untwist the pairs from eachother
4. Find all damaged pairs and untwist them.
5. Replace the damaged pairs or the individual damaged wires in each pair
6. Twist the pairs back together
7. Slide it all back into the sheath
8. Replace the plugs on either end of the cable with new plugs.

If you can do that, first time, and have the wire work, in less than 2 hours, you deserve a medal. Or for a few euro you could go to the nearest remotely computer-related shop and buy a new cable for a tenner.

MunsterCycling

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Most likely a Uni grad, no IT would have given them a degree with that level of ineptitude

Uninformed or trolling? i think trolling.
That kind of knowledge just isnt pertinent to the type of work computer science grads do, belive it or not. This cant be called ineptitude no matter what way you look at it.