HP 6000 Router manual Make Ethernet cable, Ethernet Cable

2-port 10/100 FIC (3C13861) 59

Table 1 2-port 10/100 FIC interface attributes

Attribute	Description
	Cable
Standard Ethernet cable	Operating mode
Full duplex/Half-duplex	10M/100Mbps auto-sensing
Supported frame format	Ethernet_II
Ethernet_SNAP

Panel and Interface LED The following figure illustrates an 2-port 10/100 FIC panel.

Figure 1 2-port 10/100BASE-T FIC Panel

■LINK-OFF means the link is not connected and ON means the link is connected

■ACTIVE-OFF means no data is being transceived on the interface and blinking means data is being transceived.

Ethernet cable As shown in the following figure, Ethernet cable of 2-port 10/100 FIC cards is a category-5 twisted pair with RJ45 connectors. Pins 1 and 2 of the interface are at the transmitting terminal, and Pins 3 and 6 are at the receiving terminal.

Figure 2 Ethernet Cable
RJ45	RJ45
8	8
1	1

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Ethernet cable uses the category-5 twisted pair composed of eight cores that are identified and grouped by their insulation layer colors. Usually a unicolor wire and the white/unicolor wire for it are in pairs. But sometimes, color dots are used to indicate which wires belong in pairs.