<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM, S Mathias <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smathias1972@yahoo.com">smathias1972@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this list :\]:<br>
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Q1) when cabling, is the color order important? like:<br>
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straight cabling:<br>
A side: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green, white-brown, brown<br>
B side: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green, white-brown, brown<br>
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could be eg.: like this??<br>
A side: white-orange, brown, white-blue, green, white-green, blue, white-brown, orange<br>
B side: white-orange, brown, white-blue, green, white-green, blue, white-brown, orange<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Pls. see </div><div><br></div><div><<a href="http://www.zytrax.com/tech/layer_1/cables/tech_lan.htm">http://www.zytrax.com/tech/layer_1/cables/tech_lan.htm</a>></div><div><<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable</a>></div>
<div><<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable</a>></div><div><br></div><div>HTH</div><div>-- Arun Khan</div></div>