[CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

Tue Dec 28 20:01:35 UTC 2010
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>

On 12/28/2010 2:51 PM, Morten Torstensen wrote:
> On 28.12.2010 15:20, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> The colors are not important aside from standardization.  If you need to
>> fix one end of the cable, you have to make sure it's the same as the
>> other end.  If you use the standard color scheme, that is not a problem.
> Not sure if that is true. I've always been told that the particular 
> pin-layout is to reduce crosstalk.
>
> Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/568A#Wiring

Right.  That's what I explained in the part of my post that you did not
quote.  :)

The colors do not matter.  What matters is the pairs.

-- 
Bowie