Installation Guide
QX-S5500 Series Ethernet Switches
Network connection of the switch
Pin 1: white, orange, pin 2: orange, pin 3: white, green, pin 4: blue, pin 5: white, blue, pin 6:
green, pin 7: white, brown and pin 8: brown
III. Type of cable
1) Performance
An Ethernet cable depends on performance, and, category 3 or 4 or 5 or 5 e, 6 or 6 A and 7,
it's classified. Category 5 cables, category 5, 5e and category 6 are generally used in the
LAN.
Table 5-1
The description of the Ethernet cable which is generally used
Type of cable
Description
category 5
It's suitable for data communication by the max speed of 100Mbps with a
band margin of 100MHz.
category 5e
It's suitable for data communication by the max speed of 1000Mbps with a
band margin of 100MHz.
category 6
It's suitable for data communication by the speed higher than 1Gbps with a
band margin of 250MHz.
category 6A
It's suitable for data communication by the speed higher than 1Gbps with a
band margin of 500MHz.
2) Pin arrangement
It's possible to classify a cable of a twisted pair into a straight cable and a crossing cable by
a pinout.
A straight cable: The pin arrangement in both ends is based on the 568B standard so
that it may be indicated in Figure 5-2.
Figure 5-2
Straight cable
Straight-through cable
white/orange
orange
white/green
blue
white/blue
green
white/brown
brown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
white/orange
orange
white/green
blue
white/blue
green
white/brown
brown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
A crossing cable: The pin arrangement in the other end is based on the 568A standard
with the 568B standard for pin arrangement in one end so that it may be indicated in
5-2