120
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Standard
568B
—Pin 1: white/orange stripe, pin 2: orange solid, pin 3: white/green stripe, pin 4:
blue solid, pin 5: white/blue stripe, pin 6: green solid, pin 7: white/brown stripe, pin 8: brown
solid.
Cable type
Based on performance
Ethernet cables can be classified into category 3, category 4, category 5, category 5e, category 6,
and category 7 cable based on performance. In LANs, category 5, category 5e, and category 6 are
commonly used.
Table 83 Ethernet cable description
Type Description
Category 5
Transmits data at a maximum speed of 100 Mbps, with a bandwidth of 100 MHz.
Category 5e
Transmits data at a maximum speed of 1000 Mbps, with a bandwidth of 100 MHz.
Category 6
Transmits data at a maximum speed of 10 Gbps, with a bandwidth of 250 MHz.
NOTE:
The RJ-45 Ethernet ports use category 5 or higher Ethernet twisted pair cables for connection.
Based on pinouts
Ethernet twisted pair cables can be classified into straight through and crossover cables based on
their pinouts.
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Straight-through
—The pinouts at both ends comply with standard 568B, as shown in
.
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Crossover
—The pinouts at one end comply with standard 568B, and those at the other end
comply with standard 568A, as shown in
Figure 72 Straight-through cable
