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by mjdme

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How do you set up patch cables for cat 3 wire? Why cat 3? A spool was given to me.

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by 1networker

For most applications, you can use cat 3 and cat 5 wires interchangably. This is because in a cat 5 cable, although there are 8 wires, only 4 of the eight are used. These are the 1,2,3, and 6 wires. As long as you put wires in each of these slots, 1,2,3,6, it should work. (For example, but 1-1,2-2,3-3,6-6 for a straight-through cable).
Your patch cable should use a RJ-45 jack, the same thing a cat 5 cable uses.

That's about it, Hope it helps.

Jeff

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