the cable scheme on the jack goes blue, orange, black, red, green, yellow, brown, and white; each designated with a number: 1 to 8. but just remembering the ordewr is simple enough..... with pen and paper of course! Thanks On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:51 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > Also, 'first the blue pair, then the green pair' will get you in problems. > The correct sequence is (as seen from the "copper" side of the connector, > see NOTE below): > white orange > orange > white green > blue > white blue > green > white brown > brown > If you want to make a cross cable, reverse the green(s) and orange(s) on > the "other" side. > NOTE below: It doesn't really matter what side of the connector you look > at for as long as you always look at "the same side", but most people (me) > uses the copper side cuz is easier to see the wires. > YMMV, free advice you can sue me... :) > ET > PS: If you have any question, > you will get any answer... > > > > Eric Cope writes: > >> Are you saying that the wire sheaths don't match at each end of the >> cable or the colors are not what you expected? >> If they don't match, that's a serious problem, pretty magical too. >> If each end matches the other end, but the colors are not as expected, >> then just assign each twisted pair to your expected colors, and >> remember those assignments for each end. >> let me know if that doesn't make sense. >> Eric >> >> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Michael Havens >> wrote: >> >>> So I'm connecting my brothers computer to the internet . I ran the wire >>> under the house yesterday (I let him do that... I didn't want to get >>> dirty) >>> and drilled a hole today and fed the cable through the hole. Then I >>> stripped >>> the cable; first the blue pair, then the green pair, the..... I'm sure >>> you >>> get the point. Anyways I'm all excited because now I'm going to connect >>> the >>> wires to the jack, then I'll do the other side, then my brother is in >>> business! Except I sit down to connect the other side when I see a >>> nightmare: instead of blue-green-orange-brown wires the colors of the >>> wires >>> are blue, orange, black, red, green, yellow, brown, and white; each >>> designated with a number: 1 to 8. Any idea how I should wire these? >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: