[tech] CAT5 on patch port 8 to hub

[Angus Stewart]

Duncan Sargeant wrote:

 > Am I missing something here?  They were still twisted ...


It's been too long since EE lectures, but isn't it supposed to reduce
crosstalk or is it just for external interference?

twisting the +ve TX with +ve RX just sounds wrong. :)

Mikolaj J. Habryn wrote:
 > You know, it took me quite a while to make that mental leap. It was just
 > so much easier to make any given TP just terminate on adjacent pins. I
 > wonder how many of my UUP cables are still holding up backbone traffic
 > at A Certain Large WA ISP.

and then you made a crossover cable and had to remember the order! :)