Re: Cross-over wire

[Lee <lees@warren-wilson.edu>]

Wil Langford wrote:

> With the little metal connecting bits toward you, the clip pointing away,
> the cable coming out of the connector pointing down, and reading from left
> to right:
>
> Orange-White
> Orange
> Blue-White
> Blue
> Green-White
> Green
> Brown-White
> Brown

Incorrect, while this might work, it is not proper wiring and will not work with
100BaseT.

Type A wiring is...

Orange-White
Orange
Green-White
Blue
Blue-White
Green
Brown-White
Brown

Type B wiring is...

Green-White
Green
Orange-White
Blue
Blue-white
Orange
Brown-white
Brown

The two are interchangeable provided you do the same on both ends.  If you do one
on
one end and the other on the other end then you have a crossover cable.

-Lee

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