thanks guys On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > Here's a site I have bookmarked. I just checked and it's still there. > > http://www.incentre.net/content/view/75/2/ > > It will show you what color wires to put where. > > > On 11/20/2011 13:05, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > Just remember there is no magic to it. You have 2 wires for TX and 2 > for RX. As long as the wires match on each end (pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 > to pin 2, etc.) it does not matter what color they are. > > On 11/20/11, Brian Cluff wrote: > > First off, you shouldn't need to strip the wires when putting them into > the jack, The jacks are designed to cut through the shielding and make > a connection directly though the shielding. In fact, I'll bet that the > connections are much more likely to corrode if you strip them first. > > As for the color sequence. They change a bit depending on what style of > jack you have and how much the wires twist inside the jack itself. Just > go ahead and wire up the jack in the color order that the jack dictates > and it shouldn't matter if they are in different physical orders on the > back of the jack. > > As for the Jack that shows yellow brown white red etc... It sounds like > you got a hold of an rj45 based telecom jack. I would take that back > and get one that is made for networking. You could probably get it to > work just fine if you can figure out the correct wiring order, but why > not do it right in the first place... > > Brian > > On 11/20/2011 11:28 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > > So I'm connecting my brothers computer to the internet . I ran the wire > under the house yesterday (I let him do that... I didn't want to get > dirty) and drilled a hole today and fed the cable through the hole. Then > I stripped the cable; first the blue pair, then the green pair, the..... > I'm sure you get the point. Anyways I'm all excited because now I'm > going to connect the wires to the jack, then I'll do the other side, > then my brother is in business! Except I sit down to connect the other > side when I see a nightmare: instead of blue-green-orange-brown wires > the colors of the wires are blue, orange, black, red, green, yellow, > brown, and white; each designated with a number: 1 to 8. Any idea how I > should wire these? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: