[CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

Sat Dec 25 16:39:53 UTC 2010
Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com>

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this
> list :\]:
>
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> Q1) when cabling, is the color order important? like:
>
> straight cabling:
> A side: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green,
> white-brown, brown
> B side: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green,
> white-brown, brown
>
> could be eg.: like this??
> A side: white-orange, brown, white-blue, green, white-green, blue,
> white-brown, orange
> B side: white-orange, brown, white-blue, green, white-green, blue,
> white-brown, orange
>

Although logically it appears that the wiring should work,  I suggest you
stick with the official 568A/B scheme, especially if you are using Gigabit
fabric (all four TPs are used)

Pls. see

<http://www.zytrax.com/tech/layer_1/cables/tech_lan.htm>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable>

HTH
-- Arun Khan
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