A.2 RJ-45 cable Pin Assignments
The standard
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:
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| 2 | = Orange | 2 | = Orange |
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| 3 | = White/Green | 3 | = White/Green |
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| 4 | = Blue | 4 | = Blue |
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| 5 | = White/Blue | 5 | = White/Blue |
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| 7 | = White/Brown | 7 | = White/Brown |
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Figure
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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