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to: GEORGE FLIGER
from: DAVID MOHORN
date: 1996-08-13 11:14:00
subject: Re: CAT5 Wiring

GF>If you're going to follow the above pattern then you need to make a
  >change.  The second pair needs to be split to use pins 3 and 6, not 3
  >and 4.  This is what you should be using:
GF>1-Orange
  >2-Orange White
  >3-Blue
  >4-Green
  >5-Green White
  >6-Blue White
  >7-Brown
  >8-Brown White
GF>Since pins 1,2,3 & 6 carry the signals you need, the modified wiring
  >diagrams I show above keeps the signals on matching pairs.  Your scheme
  >would pull the signals from one leg of two different pairs for pins 3
  >and 6.
GF> DM> Also--is there a certain coloring scheme for a crossover cable?
GF>Simple reverse of pins.  3 & 6 become 1 and 2, 1 & 2 become 3 & 6.
Thanks, George.  I appreciate your help.  I should have figured this out
on my own, I just didn't make the connection (I knew pins 1, 2, 3 and 6
where the only 2 pairs being used.)
...david
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