Whats the correct way to splice CAT 5 cable?

Question

Whats the correct way to splice CAT 5 cable?

Answer 1

There are two methods to splice a CAT-5 that usually works out with good results. One is to simply, put a plug on one cable and a jack on the other, connect the two together.

The other way is to strip both ends of the CAT-5 back and then stager cut each wire on one cable. For instance cable "one" the Blue wire is the longest, the Blue / White is the second longest. On cable two the Blue would be the shortest and the Blue / White would be the next longer wire.  Once all the wires are stagger cut then solder the corresponding colors together trying to keep the twist in the pairs.  If there is a correct way to splice CAT-5 this has to be it, but it takes a lot of time.