Subject: Re: Cat 5 wiring
From: James McMorris (buddha@gci.net)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 23:08:52 AKDT
Wires 1, 2, 3 & 6 are used for Tx and Rx which are the green and orange
pairs. The blue and brown pair are unused (AFAIK) in 568A or 568B
wiring scemes.
http://www.atcomservices.com/highlights/makepatch.htm
http://www.atcomservices.com/highlights/cat5notes.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 9:09 pm
Subject: Cat 5 wiring
>
> Are all the wires in a cat5 cable used for sending and receiving data,
> if I remember correctly only two pairs are used, is this right?
> And if
> it is can I use the other two pairs for something else like a
> telephone?And how bad would this degrade my data on the cable
> running between
> systems?
>
> Jon
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