On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this > list :\]: > > > ############################################################################################## > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101225/d8285462/attachment-0004.html>