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