On 12/25/2010 9:42 AM, S Mathias 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
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.
What IS important is the pairing. In your second example, you have messed up the pairings. This may work, but is not optimal. You could do something like this:
white-brown, brown, white-orange, blue, white-blue, orange, white-green, green
But there is really no reason for it. Just stick to the standard colors and save yourself (and anyone else who works on the cabling later) the headaches.
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Q2) again cabling.. i know what is the color order of straight and crossover cabling. BUT: what are the color orders, when i need to create physically two separated networks?
Sorry, I don't follow this question.