What Is The Colour Combination For Straight-through Cable?
Straight-through Ethernet cables are colour coordinated to help network administrators modify the cables in the most efficient and safe way possible. Starting from pin one, the cables are coloured white with a green stripe; green; white with an orange stripe; blue; white with a blue stripe; orange; white with a brown stripe and the eighth pin: Brown. An image of these cables, along with a diagram of cross-over cables, can be found here www.cablesplususa.com/rj45-utp-guide.php Straight-through Ethernet cables are designed to join up with cross-over cables to make the connection as simple as possible. While most Ethernet cables that you buy from the shops have a specific end to them (T568B), T568A ends are supposed to be used for new network installations. Generally though, it does not matter which type you use in a given situation. Straight-through cables are commonly used as patch cords for Ethernet connections, they cannot be used to connect two Ethernet devices directly together with
