> That's definetely not standard, but at least it looks like you have kept
> the color pairs together, so you wouldn't have one side of a connection on
> one pair and the other on a different pair.
> A Cable wired with what you have been doing should work OK. Just make
> sure you don't strip the ends first ;)
>
> I would go ahead and use the proper color code just so that someone else
> that comes across one of your connections won't be confused.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 02/10/2013 10:25 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> so then (my cables are stripe, solid) the proper way to do it is:
>>
>> stripe orange,orange
>> stripe green,blue
>> stripe blue,green
>> stripe brown,brown
>>
>> I was taught,
>>
>> blue, stripe blue
>> green, stripe orange
>> orange, stripe green
>> brown, stripe brown
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
>> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>> There is definitely a color code you need to follow for Ethernet.
>> If you just use the same colors on both side the wires won't be
>> twisted inside the cable correctly and the cable will be noisey and
>> give poor performance.
>>
>> 12345678
>> ||||||||
>> | |
>> | |
>> |[====]|
>> |______|
>> | |
>> | |
>>
>> (With the plugs conductors facing you)
>>
>> 1 white-orange
>> 2 orange-white
>> 3 white-green
>> 4 Blue-white
>> 5 white-blue
>> 6 green-white
>> 7 white-brown
>> 8 brown-white
>>
>> Do both ends exactly the same, make sure you press the cable in so
>> that all the wires touch the end of the plug.
>>
>> That should make a good cable.
>>
>> 10 and 100 Mb cables use pins 123 and 6, 1000Mb cables use all 8.
>>
>> Pin 1 and 2 are twisted together and pins 3 and 6 are twisted
>> together. If you just put the same colors on both sides you will at
>> least be making pins 3 and 6 not have their proper twists.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>>
>> On 02/10/2013 03:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>> you forgot the link but I guess it is the cable. I had a long
>> enough
>> cable to just connect it without it looking pretty and it worked.
>> I
>> don't know though. My connections are good (I think) so maybe
>> it is the
>> cable itself. That is all I can think of.
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com
>> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>>**>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I would take a gander at this link, and look at the various
>> diagrams. especially the notes at the end.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Michael Havens
>> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> okay, I thought I did it correctly.... I mean the modem
>> is
>> lights when I plug the new cable in but my brother
>> tells me that
>> he still isn't connected and his box (windows) won't ping
>> google. You just need to make the pairs alike on each
>> end,
>> right? I answered that question by looking at a known
>> good
>> cable. I just replaced the rj45s and same thing. I just
>> restarted the ms box and after it started the front
>> network
>> computer icons lit up. Then I tried to renew the IP but
>> it
>> failed. Then I left and came back to the computer and
>> there was
>> a bubble message that said it was connected but still
>> couldn't
>> get any pages to load. Then I disabled the connection and
>> reenabled and it said it connected. What's going on?
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Michael Havens
>> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> thanks brian.... I made a mistake then. Bummer!
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Brian Cluff
>> <brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>
>> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> No, Just crimp it the conductors on the RJ45
>> jack will
>> pierce the insulation. If you have stripped
>> it, it will
>> probably short inside the plug.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>>
>> On 02/09/2013 10:02 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>> I feel retarded..... I can't remember if
>> you are
>> supposed to strip cat 5
>> to the copper before you crimp it. I'm
>> thinking no
>> but I need to make sure.
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
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