[CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

Sat Dec 25 14:42:49 UTC 2010
S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com>

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

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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?

568B; straight; nic to switch:
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
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568A; crossover; nic to nic: [it's not so important about from ~2005]:
switch the pairs: 1&2 with 3&6 on one side:
A side: white-green, green, white-orange, blue, white-blue, orange, white-brown, brown
B side: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green, white-brown, brown
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one cable, two straight networks:
A side: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
B side: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
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one cable, two crossover networks:
A side: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
B side: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
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one cable, one straight and one crossover network:
A side [straight]: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
B side [crossover]: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
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one cable, one crossover and one straight network:
A side [crossover]: 
	I.: 
	II.: 
B side [straight]: 
	I.: 
	II.: 

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Thank you for any pointings, links, or specific answers.

Happy Christmas!