[lug] Cat 5e cable color codes

[Mr Viggy]

I don't know what the diff is between the two schemes, but I do know 
that sceme A is a telephone industry standard.  I wired all my jacks 
according to scheme A.

Basically, pait #1 is blue-wht/blue; #2 is org-wht/org; #3 is 
grn-wht/grn and #4 is brn-wht/brn

If you look closely at an RJ45 TP network jack, you'll notice that only 
pairs one and two are used.  They are also seperated out in the jack, 
why I don't know (i.e. used pins are 1, 2, 3, and 6 I think).

FYI, in my house, since only two pairs are necessary for a connection, 
and since none of my runs are too long, I actually broke out the other 
two pairs in a couple of my wall plates (i.e. only ONE 8 CAT5e wire runs 
to the plate; but I have TWO RJ45 jacks in the plate).

On that connector you have, follow wiring scheme A (I did).  The solid 
color boxes refer to the solid color wires; the white boxes with the 
color stripe refer to the striped wires.

Viggy

Paul Bille wrote:
> Dan > I am trying to find out recommended color-to-pin . . .
> 
> There are two wiring schemes, 568a and 568b.  Here's another reference:
> http://www.atcomservices.com/highlights/cat5notes.htm - Cat 5 Tutorial
> 
> Paul
> http://bille.cudenver.edu/author
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