Thanks for the correction. I took my color codes from the T568A spec,
whereas you quote the T568B spec. Clearly either will work, though the one
you quoted is probably more commonly used.
- Marc
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Dana S. Tellier wrote:
> Hey, all--
>
> I know this is a picky thing, but the pinouts-to-colors you've
> described (to my knowledge) aren't what I've seen to be the
> "standard". Generally, I've seen a straight-through as:
>
> 1 white/orange
> 2 orange
> 3 white/green
> 4 blue
> 5 white/blue
> 6 green
> 7 white/brown
> 8 brown
>
>
> The actual pinouts you've described are completely accurate, but
> (being picky) most people I've met from networking companies attempt to
> keep this color scheme just to *attempt* some sort of standard.
> Then, the cross-over cable (these are only for Ethernet, of
> course, as token ring, FDDI, T1, ATM, etc. cross-overs utilize different
> wires for transmit and receive) has one end which is the same as above,
> while the other end has the scheme you mentioned:
>
> 1 white/green
> 2 green
> 3 white/orange
> 4 blue
> 5 white/blue
> 6 orange
> 7 white/brown
> 8 brown
>
>
> Just thought I'd clarify the correct color scheming. Any problems
> or disagreements, feel free to fire away. ;-)
>
> - Dana
>
>
>
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