Appendix A Networking Connection

A.1 Switch‘s RJ-45 Pin Assignments

10/100Mbps, 10/100Base-TX
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1

1 (TX +)

3

 

 

 

2

2 (TX -)

6

 

 

 

3

3 (RX +)

1

 

 

 

6

6 (RX -)

2

 

 

 

4, 5, 7, 8

Not used

Not used

 

 

 

A.2 RJ-45 cable pin assignment

6 321 6 321

6 3 2 1

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-1Straight-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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