Friday, February 13, 2009

Proper Pin out for a CAT5 Straight Through cable


To properly pin out a CAT5 cable to the 568B standard insert the wires in the following pin order. This order should be done while the pins facing you and the clip facing down:

Pin 1 Orange/White
Pin 2 Orange
Pin 3 Green/White
Pin 4 Blue
Pin 5 Blue/White
Pin 6 Green
Pin 7 Brown/White
Pin 8 Brown

Pins 1,2,3, and 6 are used for communication and the other 4 are used as grounds, so it is essential that your cable is pinned out correctly, else it will not work properly at 100Mb.








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