Appendix B: Cabling and Pin Assignment
A-1 RJ
There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. Category 5 is the most
reliable and is highly recommended. Category 3 is a good second choice.
Straight-
through
cables are used for connecting computers’ NIC cards to a hub.
Crossover
cables
are used for conne
built-in uplink/normal
swi
ode is
ct hubs together
with a straight-through
A-1-1
om one end of the cable to the other. All
8 wires are used.
T
-45
cting a hub to another hub. (The router provides a
tch. Uplink m
crossed internally, which allows you to link or conne
cable instead.)
RJ-45 pin assignment
There are 8 thin, color-coded wires inside, run fr
able 0-1
RJ-45 Color Chart
Wire 1
White with an Orange
stripe
Wire 2
Orange
Wire 3
White with a Green Stripe
Wire 4
Blue
Wire 5
White with a Blue Stripe
Wire 6
Green
Wire 7
White with a Brown Stripe
Wire 8
Brown
Pin 1
*Note*
To determine which wire is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the end of the
5 tip (th
from you. Face
the clip down so that the copper side faces up (the springy clip will now be facing the
floor), when looking down on the copper side, wire 1 is on the far left.
Connection between NIC card and Hub
In a
straight-through
cable, wire 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of the cable are the same as wires 1, 2,
3, and 6 at the other end. The straight through cable is used to connect the NIC card and the hub.
plastic RJ-4
e part that goes into a wall jack first) is facing away
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Summary of Contents for EE100-AXP
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