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 -- //Morten