Just remember there is no magic to it. You have 2 wires for TX and 2
for RX. As long as the wires match on each end (pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2
to pin 2, etc.) it does not matter what color they are.
On 11/20/11, Brian Cluff <
brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
> First off, you shouldn't need to strip the wires when putting them into
> the jack, The jacks are designed to cut through the shielding and make
> a connection directly though the shielding. In fact, I'll bet that the
> connections are much more likely to corrode if you strip them first.
>
> As for the color sequence. They change a bit depending on what style of
> jack you have and how much the wires twist inside the jack itself. Just
> go ahead and wire up the jack in the color order that the jack dictates
> and it shouldn't matter if they are in different physical orders on the
> back of the jack.
>
> As for the Jack that shows yellow brown white red etc... It sounds like
> you got a hold of an rj45 based telecom jack. I would take that back
> and get one that is made for networking. You could probably get it to
> work just fine if you can figure out the correct wiring order, but why
> not do it right in the first place...
>
> Brian
>
> On 11/20/2011 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?
>>
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