On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Michael Yellin wrote: > I am considering doing POE. However, I make my own cables. After doing a > little research, I noticed that I might be making the cables incorrectly. > Be that as it may, I generally do it like this. > > Line up the wires, alternating stripped and solid wires, but always keeping > similar colors together. If I need a straight thru cable, I make it > straight through, and if I need a cross over, I just reverse the order of > the wires in plug 2 from the wires in plug one. >
Ummm, no. Look up EIA/TIA 586B, which is the "standard" way of wiring CAT5. EIA/TIA 586A is the "crossed over" end of a crossover. Kevin "Starfox" Arima -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
