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SSIGNMENTS

B-3

Straight-Through Wiring

If the twisted-pair cable is to join two ports and only one of the ports has

an internal crossover (MDI-X), the two pairs of wires must be

straight-through. (When auto-negotiation is enabled for any RJ-45 port on

these switches, you can use either straight-through or crossover cable to

connect to any device type.)

You must connect all four wire pairs as shown in the following diagram to

support Gigabit Ethernet connections.

Figure B-2 Straight-through Wiring

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EIA
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TIA 568B RJ-45 Wiring
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tandard
10/100BASE-TX Straight-through Cable
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