Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-29 Thread Drew
> The colors are directly linked to the pairing. Don't tell the newbies > that neutral and ground are the same thing, don't tell the newbies to > lick the freezing lamp pole, and don't tell the newbies to get cute > with the color coding. Ignoring the standard color code is for > emergencies, not f

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-29 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 12/28/2010 2:51 PM, Morten Torstensen wrote: >> On 28.12.2010 15:20, Bowie Bailey wrote: >>> The colors are not important aside from standardization.  If you need to >>> fix one end of the cable, you have to make sure it's the same as the >

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-29 Thread m . roth
Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 12/29/2010 9:52 AM, Blake Hudson wrote: >> Original Message >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question >> From: Raymond Lillard >>> On 12/28/2010 08:01 PM, Drew wrote: >>>>> The colors do not matte

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-29 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 12/29/2010 9:52 AM, Blake Hudson wrote: > Original Message > Subject: Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question > From: Raymond Lillard > To: CentOS mailing list > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:36:43 AM >> On 12/28/2010 08:01 PM, Drew wrote: &

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-29 Thread Blake Hudson
Original Message Subject: Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question From: Raymond Lillard To: CentOS mailing list Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:36:43 AM > On 12/28/2010 08:01 PM, Drew wrote: >>> The colors do not matter. What matters is the pairs. >>

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-28 Thread Raymond Lillard
On 12/28/2010 08:01 PM, Drew wrote: >> The colors do not matter. What matters is the pairs. > > And every person who comes after you will curse your work because > *both* the colors *and* the pairs are part of the 568A/B standard. > > In my shop if you tried that you'd be very quickly looking for

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-28 Thread Drew
> The colors do not matter.  What matters is the pairs. And every person who comes after you will curse your work because *both* the colors *and* the pairs are part of the 568A/B standard. In my shop if you tried that you'd be very quickly looking for work elsewhere. ;-) -- Drew "Nothing in l

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-28 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 12/28/2010 2:51 PM, Morten Torstensen wrote: > On 28.12.2010 15:20, Bowie Bailey wrote: >> The colors are not important aside from standardization. If you need to >> fix one end of the cable, you have to make sure it's the same as the >> other end. If you use the standard color scheme, that is

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-28 Thread Morten Torstensen
On 28.12.2010 15:20, Bowie Bailey wrote: > The colors are not important aside from standardization. If you need to > fix one end of the cable, you have to make sure it's the same as the > other end. If you use the standard color scheme, that is not a problem. Not sure if that is true. I've alway

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-28 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 12/25/2010 9:42 AM, S Mathias wrote: > Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this > list :\]: > > ## > > Q1) when cabling, is the color order important? like: > > straight

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-25 Thread Morten Torstensen
On 25.12.2010 20:29, Ryan Wagoner wrote: > I commonly see jacks wired to T568B standard. I've seen some CAT6 > jacks with only the colors shown for T568B. The coloring for T568A is > backwards compatible with 1 or 2 line phone connectors. The B is the most common, and that is the one I use. As fo

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-25 Thread Ryan Wagoner
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 12/25/10 6:42 AM, S Mathias wrote: > > 568A and B aren't straight vs crossover. they are simply two different > schemes for the order of the pairs to the connector. basically, they > swap the green and orange pairs. > > I would stick with

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/25/10 6:42 AM, S Mathias wrote: > Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this > list :\]: > > ## > > Q1) when cabling, is the color order important? like: > > straight ca

Re: [CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-25 Thread Arun Khan
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM, S Mathias wrote: > Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this > list :\]: > > > ## > > Q1) when cabling, is the color order important? like:

[CentOS] 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-25 Thread S Mathias
Two questions that was not always clear for me [sorry for posting to this list :\]: ## Q1) when cabling, is the color order important? like: straight cabling: A side: white-orange, orange, white-green, b