[Tfug] CAT5 Cables, The Sequel

[Tyler Kilian]

Sounds like phone cable, usually seen as category three.  The  
ordering goes blue, orange, green, brown, slate with the alternate  
color rotating through white, red, black, yellow, violet.  I'd make  
sure it's category five.

The most important thing about wiring is that pairs 1/2 and 3/6 are  
twisted together.  For a cable that correctly supports PoE and  
Gigabit, you'll also need to correctly twist together pairs 4/5 and 7/8.

Hope this helps.

Tyler


On Jan 20, 2008, at 8:36 PM, johngalt1 wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bexley Hall"
>
>
>> Hi, John,
>>
>> --- johngalt1 <johngalt1> wrote:
> -snip-
>
>>>> But first, I identify and untwist the pair bundles
>>> in order.
>>> Green, Orange, Blue, Brown  (use whatever standard
>>
>> In my case, it was Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Black,
>> Orange, Gr[ea]y, Brown -- with the Blue/Orange pair
>> being the split one.
>
> The split one? This means what?
>
>> So, it was hard to differentiate
>> between Green vs. Blue and Orange vs. Brown unless
>> you looked carefully.  Especially once they were
>> positioned in the shell!
>
> Those are pretty funky colors for Cat 5. Which colors are
> paired?
>
> Which colors did you use for which pins?
>
>
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