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Marv Trott <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 27 Mar 2001 13:26:02 -0500
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Doug,

You are correct. Sorry for the error.

Marv Trott

At 10:43 AM 3/27/01 -0500, you wrote:
>The Cat5 cables that I purchased (Straight Through) are not wired not quite
>the same as listed below.  Since you connect the same wires on the same
>pins on both ends, the cable will still work.  However if you look closely
>at a true Cat5 cable the White-Green and White-blue wires are inter changed
>so it looks like:
>
>white & orange
>orange
>white & green
>blue
>white & blue
>green
>white & brown
>brown
>
>This matters if you are using a jack on one end and a plug on the other end
>and are trying to follow a color coded wiring diagram for the jack.  See
>the URL below to see the cable wiring color pin outs for straight through
>and crossover cables:
>
>http://www.linksys.com/tech_helper/cabling.html
>

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