Color Coding Cat 5e and Cat 6 Cable Straight Through and Cross Over
When the RJ-45 connectors first came into use, they were primarily used for telephones. The great advances in technology created a need for another size connector and the RJ-45 was adapted to fit. There are 2 different RJ-45 connector sizes available:
1. for Cat 5 cable and
2. for Cat 6 cable.
You have to make sure which one suited to their job. Basic difference is, the Cat 6 connector is larger than the Cat 5 connector.
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| Crimping Tool |
There are also two types of Color Coding for Cat 5e and Cat 6 (Crimping RJ-45):
1. Straight Through (for Switch or Hub)
2. Cross Over (where 2 computers connected with each other without switch or hub)
1. Straight Through Color Coding (for Switch or Hub)
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| Figure 1.1 |
- Orange white
- Orange
- Green white
- Blue
- Blue white
- Green
- Brown white
- Brown
2. Cross Over (for direct connected 2 computers)
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| Figure 2.1 |
- Orange white
- Orange
- Green white
- Blue
- Blue white
- Green
- Brown white
- Brown
And Color Coding for other point
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| Figure 2.2 |
- Green white
- Green
- Orange white
- Blue
- Blue white
- Orange
- Brown white
- Brown
Important Note: Cross over color coding has to be different on both side of the cable as mentioned in the figure 2.1 & 2.2, unlike straight through coding, where only one color coding requires for every side of the cable.
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