Cat 5 Keystone Jack question (Solved!)

[Joony]

Ok, i'm a total network n00b at this cabling thing...

Look at the chart on this PDF file, which one to I follow, 258A (first column) or 568A (2nd column) wire color? I just need to make a jack for the wall...

 

[loup garou]

First column.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

cat-5 is network/ethernet. so first column.

 

[Joony]

great! then whats the 2nd column for?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

isdn/telephone.

don't you see those under the titles?

 

[Joony]

whoa, I assumed the printed manual that came with it was the same as the one online, apparantly the PDF is a later revision! 😱

edit: my printed one dosen't say ethernet or that ISDN stuff

 

[MichaelD]

Radio Smack's cabling standard does not conform to the world wide T568A standard shown HERE. Why is this? I have always used "orange-white, orange, green-white, blue, blue-white, green, brown-white, brown.

WUWT?

 

[Joony]

the only difference I see is that the "white/color" ones are just swapped around to "color/white", or am I blind and missed somethng majorly wrong?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Radio Smack's cabling standard does not conform to the world wide T568A standard shown HERE. Why is this? I have always used "orange-white, orange, green-white, blue, blue-white, green, brown-white, brown.

WUWT?

It doesn't really matter as long as it's the same on both ends of the cable. I've heard that the standard prevents some crosstalk, but for home/small business networking, I doubt it would have an impact.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

looks the same to me...straight through.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Radio Smack's cabling standard does not conform to the world wide T568A standard shown HERE. Why is this? I have always used "orange-white, orange, green-white, blue, blue-white, green, brown-white, brown.

WUWT?

It doesn't really matter as long as it's the same on both ends of the cable. I've heard that the standard prevents some crosstalk, but for home/small business networking, I doubt it would have an impact.

Ah, OK...I'm not the pro by any means...I just wire the stuff according the standard...back under my rock, I go.