A crimping tool
Before moving on to other cable types, apply what you have learned by crimping
(creating) your own CAT 5 cable. To create your own network cable, you will
need to have a crimper like the one shown in Figure 1-21. You can get a fairly
cheap crimping tool at your local electronics store, but you can also buy some fairly
expensive crimping tools.
When you select a crimping tool, you want to make sure that you have one
that has a built-in crimper as well as a wire stripper and a wire cutter. Exercise 1-1
demonstrates the steps needed to crimp your own CAT 5 cable.