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standard RJ45/cat5 cable order...
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Check the pinout page as well.
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"does it matter?"
yes at two levels:
For the electronics, at 10 or 100 megabits, it is vital that pins 1&2 be a pair and pins 3&6 be a pair. At gigabit, the other wires must be correct as well.
For humans, any wire one cannot identify is junk. I have tons of specialized RS-232 cables that are unmarked and therefore useless. (My mantra when we converted to ethernet was "at least it is not RS-232"
With Cat 5 one can check the ends and know what use the cable has. Any cable you make with wrong ends will just confuse some poor human who is left trying to support the mess. It could be you.
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
yes at two levels:
For the electronics, at 10 or 100 megabits, it is vital that pins 1&2 be a pair and pins 3&6 be a pair. At gigabit, the other wires must be correct as well.
For humans, any wire one cannot identify is junk. I have tons of specialized RS-232 cables that are unmarked and therefore useless. (My mantra when we converted to ethernet was "at least it is not RS-232"
With Cat 5 one can check the ends and know what use the cable has. Any cable you make with wrong ends will just confuse some poor human who is left trying to support the mess. It could be you.I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
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