Hrm, you list 5 pairs. Cat 5 only has 4 pairs... :) Color Codes for T568B Pin color pair name --- ----- ---- --------- 1 wh/or 2 TxData + 2 or 2 TxData - 3 wh/grn 3 RecvData+ 4 blu 1 5 wh/blu 1 6 grn 3 RecvData- 7 wh/brn 4 8 brn 4 > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn [mailto:fertch at mninter.net] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:06 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Co-living 100mb and 10mb ethernet > > > This brings up an interesting point. I have two hubs at > home, both are > 10Mbs. I was transferring files from one machine to another, > and I was > getting collisions. The tranfer was fine, but I got to > thinking about this. > I made my own cabling, but I don't know if I have then right > or not. Could > someone either color code both ends for me? I thought it was > like below: > > orange > orange-white > blue > blue-white > brown > brown-white > green > green-white > black > black-white > > Is this correct if you are looking at both cable ends with > the security > clip towards you going from left to right? Also, one of my > hubs is a 8 port > +bnc + 1 uplink (it's a D-link) and the other is a standard 8 > port hub > +(3 > Com). So, would my uplink port go to port 8 of the 3Com hub? > > If someone can answer this or provide a link of proper cable making > procedures, would appreciate it greatly. > > > Shawn > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >