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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Win98/linux coexistence problems
  • Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 11:38:17 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 8 May 2004, James Miller wrote:

> On Sat, 8 May 2004, Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> > I have three UTP cables. If I put the plugs next to each other, on the
> > first two (from the rummage sale) they both look the same (grey orange
> > black red....).
> >
> > On the third one (yard sale, where he has more) they are mirror images.
> > Is this crossover?
>
> So-called "straight through" cat 5 cables (non-crossover) will have the
> following wire coloring scheme at the plug end (viewed from the plug's
> top):
>
> either both ends Or/Wh | Or | Gr/Wh | Bl | Bl/Wh | Gr | Br/Wh | Br or both
> ends Gr/Wh | Gr | Or/Wh | Bl | Bl/Wh | Or | Br/Wh | Br .
>
> A crossover cable, when plug ends are viewed with the same orientation
> will have one end Or/Wh | Or | Gr/Wh | Bl | Bl/Wh | Gr | Br/Wh | Br and
> the other end Gr/Wh | Gr | Or/Wh | Bl | Bl/Wh | Or | Br/Wh | Br
>
> There are alot of these cat 5 cable diagrams available on the web if my
> text version is a bit difficult to interpret.

I don't follow what you mean about 'same orientation'.

If I put the two ends head to head, in the yard-sale version the colors
all line up, which leads me to think nothing is crossed over. In the
other two, head to head, the oranges are at opposite sides. I will try
those first.


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> James
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