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Subject:
Networking
Category: Computers > Hardware Asked by: jossychina-ga List Price: $50.00 |
Posted:
14 Oct 2004 00:37 PDT
Expires: 12 Nov 2004 23:37 PST Question ID: 414640 |
Please, what is the standard color coding for a network cable (CAT5e) used for: 1. Cross-Over (Hub - Hub) 2. Short Lenght (Hub - PC) 3. Hub - Jack Please, I will need a good answer and urgent as the case may be. |
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Subject:
Re: Networking
Answered By: skermit-ga on 14 Oct 2004 00:55 PDT Rated: |
1. In order to make a cross-over cable, you have one end with the T-568A color standard and the other with the T-568B color standard. I've found a page with nice diagrams, but I'll repeat it here one end (T-568B): W/O O W/G Bl W/Bl G W/Br Br The other end (T-568A): W/G G W/O Bl W/Bl O W/Br Br 2. In order to make a straight-through cable, just repeat the T-568B standard for both ends. both ends (T-568B): W/O O W/G Bl W/Bl G W/Br Br 3. In order to wire a hub to a jack, wire the jack for the T-568B standard on the jack (there are usually color codings right on the jack) and I've found an animation which shows it very well linked below: jack (T-568B): W/O O W/G Bl W/Bl G W/Br Br For the hub-side of the cable, if you are putting it into a connection port, wire the hub-side of the cable with the T-568B standard, but if you are connecting the hub-side of the cable to the uplink port of the hub (say if you want to connect two hubs in different rooms, then use the T-568A standard on the hub-side of the cable (to make a crossover cable which has a female jack end on the side which isn't plugged into the hub). Then use a straight-through cable to connect the jack to the computer or device to the jack. Diagrams to wire crossover and straight-through cables: http://www.aptcommunications.com/ncode.htm Short animation on how to wire a jack using a punchdown tool (if you do not have one, you can use a thin flat-head screwdriver but be careful not to bend the receptors): http://www.smarthome.com/flash/8555.swf Thank you for your question, and it was a pleasure to answer it for you. skermit-ga |
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Subject:
Re: Networking
From: crythias-ga on 14 Oct 2004 06:12 PDT |
Although, if you're asking about the sheath (outer color) of the cable, it doesn't really matter, as anyone can make any cable cross-over (hub-to-hub or PC-to-pc) or straight-through (PC-to-hub, PC-to-wall, hub-to-patchpanel), as described above. Usually, though, one uses a very different color (say, green vs blue or yellow or red or white) to set apart such cables for ready identification. I might also add that, unless you're dealing with, say, high-end products, many newer hubs have at least one uplink and/or all ports auto-sense cross-over/straight through, which means that you're actually less likely to need a crossover cable. Notorious for needing crossover cables are Cisco-to-Cisco switches, as well as connecting a Cisco router directly to a PC. This is a free comment. |
Subject:
Re: Networking
From: alibi-ga on 12 Jan 2005 13:32 PST |
Actually, Connecting a cisco router directly to a PC requires a Console cable, or a rollover cable plugged into serial port on the pc. |
Subject:
Re: Networking
From: crythias-ga on 12 Jan 2005 14:05 PST |
Really? That's the only way to do it? What am I going to do about my ability to telnet and TFTP? OK, if *nothing* is set up, I understand that you'll want to use a console cable. But ... after that, I'm going to assume that I can use the full bandwidth of the LAN interface to communicate with my router, even if it's connecting WAN to a T1. I doubt that console cable is going to help me pipe 1.54Mbps through my RS232 card in my PC. A console cable is first resort (initial programming) and last resort (recovery), but (fast)ethernet is for bandwidth. |
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