Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > Zim: > > T1 is wired as an "RJ45" 8 pin jack, with the designation of RJ48C. pins 1,2 > RX pins 4,5 TX. Pin 1 is Ring RX, Pin 2 is Tip RX, Pin 4 is Ring (R1) TX, > pin 5 is Tip (T1) TX. A straight thru patch cable is required, so that the > pinouts do not reverse in the cable. This is known as a x-over cable in the > network world. An 8-pin silver satin cable would have the tab of the plug > on > the seam side of one end, with the tab of the other plug on the smooth side > of > the silver satin.
Data cables, aka CAT5, are straight through. Cross-over data cables swap PAIRS 2 & 3. Phone cables are crossed over wire-by-wire. Big difference. -- A host is a host from coast to [EMAIL PROTECTED] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
