Whew! I think I understand the ordering of the wires now, but I still have two questions: 1. How to actually *use* the tool itself 2. (kinda stupid, I know) what is the diff between crossover and patch cables and when should either be used? I really appreciate all your help. Harold On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 12:16, Chris Wilson wrote: > The order previously stated below does a good job for reducing noise if > you use this cable for Telephone or Ethernet. With that pin-out the T/R > pin are twisted together and the A1/A2 pins are twisted together so you > get a better Common Mode Noise Rejection which makes it suitable for > Telco or Network (<= 100Mb/s). > > But I do believe the TIA568A (see 568B for cross over) standard colors > are: > 1 White Green (Ether TX+ 1) > 2 Green (Ether TX- 2) > 3 White Orange (RX+ 3 / Telco A1) > 4 Blue (Telco TIP) > 5 White Blue (Telco Ring) > 6 Orange (Ether- 6 / Telco A2) > 7 White Borwn > 8 Borwn > > -- Chris > > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 13:38, Jason Staudenmayer wrote: > > I think order does matter or at least the pairs match. I have had some hand > > made cables crap out due to "what ever wire straight through". You get > > "cross talk" across the pairs and wind up with weird issues. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick White [mailto:nwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:37 PM > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Using RJ45 crimp tool > > > > > > Pin 1 is on the left if the "hook" is on the bottom. Like an earlier > > poster said, it really doesn't matter what color goes where, as it's the > > order that counts. The most common standard used these days (568B) is > > as Harold pointed out: > > > > 1 White-orange > > 2 Orange > > 3 White-green > > 4 Blue > > 5 White-blue > > 6 Green > > 7 White-brown > > 8 Brown > > > > It's also worth mentioning that if you want to make a crossover cable, > > just swap the orange and green pairs on 1 end of the cable. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cajun [mailto:cajunlee@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:18 AM > > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: Using RJ45 crimp tool > > > > > > > > > Harold Martin wrote: > > > > > > >Hello, > > > >Can anyone point mt toward a how-to on using an RJ45 crimp tool? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Harold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Harold, > > > > > > I don't think there is any how to on that. What are you > > > needing to know > > > exactly? Or you needing to know the pin out for the wiring? > > > If so here > > > is what I have always used: > > > > > > Pin No. Strand Color > > > 1 white & orange > > > 2 orange > > > 3 white & green > > > 4 blue > > > 5 white & blue > > > 6 green > > > 7 white & brown > > > 8 brown > > > > > > HTH!! > > > > > > Lee Perez > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
