CAT5 Wiring Question

[ozrica]

I want to make a crossover cable and am a bit unsure about the wiring.

I have been told that one end needs to be 568A and the other 568B as follows:

568A
Pin1 White/Orange
Pin2 Orange
Pin3 White Green
Pin4 Blue
Pin5 White/Blue
Pin6 Green
Pin7 White/Brown
Pin8 Brown

568B
Pin1 White/Green
Pin2 Green
Pin3 White/Orange
Pin4 Blue
Pin5 White/Blue
Pin6 Orange
Pin7 White/Brown
Pin8 Brown

Is this correct?

Thanks a lot.

Stuart

[AlienDyne]

Yes, this is the correct way.

Good luck!

1 ---> 3
2 ---> 6

[kato]

hope this is helpful
<a href="http://www.co-opnet.org/pinout/" target="_blank">http://www.co-opnet.org/pinout/</a>

[ozrica]

Thanks a lot to you both.

I can now wire them correctly.

Cheers

Stuart

[yingling]

<a href="http://startech.com/structuredwiring/patchcable.htm" target="_blank">http://startech.com/structuredwiring/patchcable.htm</a>

[Virago]

Well, you can wire them correctly as long as you're not colorblind :D

[Cleetus]

Yeah, being color blind really messes me up sometimes. Luckily when I was making a lot of lines at my last job, our Cat5 had only 4 wires instead of the normal 8. I have kept that line and had a long wonderful argument with a couple of people that said it wasn't really Cat5.

[Deity]

[quote]Originally posted by cleetus:
<strong>Yeah, being color blind really messes me up sometimes. Luckily when I was making a lot of lines at my last job, our Cat5 had only 4 wires instead of the normal 8. I have kept that line and had a long wonderful argument with a couple of people that said it wasn't really Cat5.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yep. Just a couple of days ago I was told by our ISPs fiber guru that the reason my internet was running at half speed was that my CAT5 wiring was not color coded to 568A. I got so angry with that idiot that I had to leave the room. :mad: