I just compare the two ends of the cables. 'if they match they're patch' =) -----Original Message----- From: Norman Lund [mailto:normanlund@kaos-solutions.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:07 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: cabling and such Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself and all... and to give my input and stuff :) Might want to try the "unix administrators handbook". (I think it's called that.. pretty generic name.) I read it a couple of years back, quite alot of information about cabling for RJ45, Serial, Parallel, and the miscellaneous odds and ends you need around the office here and there. As for cat 5, thats pretty simple once you have it on paper (in your wallet, or your brain...). Clip down: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 orange/white orange green/white blue blue/white green brown/white brown crossover: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 green/white green orange/white blue blue/white orange brown/white brown That's what I go by... obviously the color coding doesn't matter for a straight-through cat-5, but I follow it just to be on the safe side. Just helping :) take care. -- Norman Lund normanlund@kaos-solutions.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd C. Ames" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 2:39 AM Subject: cabling and such > > does anyone know of any decent books on the subject of cabling (CAT 5, 5e, > 6, fiber optic)? I'm a programmer (*cough*) so i figured some of you > network guys (*cough*) could point me in the right direction.... > > tia, > > todd > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss