[lug] Cat 5e cable color codes

[j davis]

if you go to graybar in denver you can get pandouit products
jd

>From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: BLUG <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>Subject: [lug] Cat 5e cable color codes
>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:05:04 -0600
>
>I know if I am consistent, and use the same wire straight through on all of 
>the RJ-45 connectors for the ethernet wire, it will work. However, there 
>are color codes, and therefore some "expected or traditional" color-to-pin 
>design. Unfortunately, the color codes on the connector are different than 
>the actual cable colors, so this is not entirely possible. I am trying to 
>find out recommended color-to-pin for these wall connectors.
>
>The cable:
>   Cat 5e, 8 wires, NOT stranded, in 4 twisted pairs.
>   Colors of cable twisted pairs:
>     - Solid Green; white w/ green stripe.
>     - Solid Blue; white w/ blue stripe.
>     - Solid Orange; white w/ orange stripe.
>     - Solid Brown; white w/ brown stripe.
>
>The RJ-45 modular socket colors are more difficult to describe, partly 
>because they are not really "paired". It is a push-down type of connection, 
>with a 2x4 set or rows of self-cutting wire receptacles. So I place the 
>insulated wire over the notch, and when the housing pushes down on it, it 
>simultaneously cuts through the insulation of each wire and connects to it 
>(no soldering, no crimp tool, just push the locking plastic onto it and the 
>wires squeeze down and connect). The problem is the color coding (diagram 
>on side of connector); the 2x4 row of colors are:
>  ORG/org  blu/grn  BLU/GRN  brn/BRN
>  GRN/grn  blu/org  BLU/ORG  brn/BRN
>
>In the above, small letters are "stripe", capital letters are 
>"solid"...where stripe is a small diagonal colored line, and solid is a 
>rectangular block. [I can draw something in gimp if this is confusing]
>
>Can anyone give me recommendations on what color "should" go where? 
>Although simply being consistent would make it work, I don't want to leave 
>"non-standard" color arrangements if possible.
>
>FYI, the modular jack is from "NETKEY", a division of Panduit Corp. 
>Unfortunately, I was not able to find anything on their websites, nor via 
>google. The part number if anyone knows about this brand is NK5EMWH.
>
>D. Stimits, stimits AT idcomm.com
>


>PS: If there are any favorite web sites with information on making cables 
>for ethernet (especially with diagrams), I could probably use that too.
>
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thanks,
jd

jd at taproot.bz
http://www.taproot.

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