A.2 RJ-45 cable Pin Assignments

The standard RJ-45 receptacle/connector

There are 8 wires on a standard UTP/STP cable and each wire is color- coded. The following shows the pin allocation and color of straight cable and crossover cable connection:

Figure A-1:Straight-Through and Crossover Cable

Please make sure your connected cables are with same pin assignment and color as above picture before deploying the cables into your network.

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