- Respect the EIA568A and EIA568B standards
- Choose a straight or crossover cable
When wiring up a 10/100 Mbit/s
The only data cables used to share data are pins 2, 3 and 6
When wiring up a 1000 Mbit/s (16 bit/s) pin 8 is used.
When we plug a workstation to a hub or a switch a straight cable is used.
When we need to plug 2 workstations at the same time a crossover cable is used.
In a crossover cable the helpful pair is reversed, it means that the emission pin pair 1-2 is connected on one side and the reception pin pair 3-6 is connected on the other side.
Mohamed & Jean
