[Tfug] CAT5 Cables, The Sequel

[Bexley Hall]

Hi, Tyler,

--- Tyler Kilian <vaca at grazeland.com> wrote:

> Sounds like phone cable, usually seen as category

It was from a "commercial" CAT5 cable that had a
mangled connector (I cut the connectors off and
trimmed it to length -- why throw away the *wire*
just because the connector is hosed?)

> 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 jacket proclaimed it to be "CAT 5"...

> 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.

Yup.  That's the way I built it.
 
> 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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