On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM, S Mathias smathias1972@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