It's easiest to just give a link.  Read this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair

It's a fairly short article and well worth the read.

Brian Cluff

On 02/11/2013 01:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> As I've learned from experience! Thanks for the help,guys. Now for the
> million dollar question; why does it introduce errors?
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
> <mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net
> <mailto:mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net>> wrote:
>
>     Mike,
>     It does matter the order. What you were taught would introduce all
>     forms of errors.
>
>     in the connector from left to right with the copper contacts and the
>     cable crimp facing you...
>
>     B Standard (Most commonly used)
>     Pin 1: orange white
>     Pin 2: orange
>     Pin 3: green white
>     Pin 4: blue
>     Pin 5: blue white
>     Pin 6: green
>     Pin 7: brown white
>     Pin 8: brown
>
>     A Standard
>     Pin 1: green white
>     Pin 2: green
>     Pin 3: orange white
>     Pin 4: blue
>     Pin 5: blue white
>     Pin 6: orange
>     Pin 7: brown white
>     Pin 8: brown
>
>     To make a standard cable, both cables sides should be the same. To
>     make a crossover cable, you crimp one side A and the other side B.
>     You will also find differences in cable that will cause issues with
>     some cable ends. Never strip the insulation off of the conductors
>     and make sure that you have cable insulation inside the retaining
>     crimp of the connector to relieve strain on the cable.
>
>     Gilbert
>
>
>     On 2/10/2013 10:25 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>         so then (my cables are stripe, solid) the proper way to do it is:
>
>            stripe orange,orange
>            stripe green,blue
>            stripe blue,green
>            stripe brown,brown
>
>         I was taught,
>
>            blue, stripe blue
>            green, stripe orange
>            orange, stripe green
>            brown, stripe brown
>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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