[tech] CAT5 on patch port 8 to hub

Duncan Sargeant dunc-mail-1317DFA at rcpt.to
Tue Jul 30 09:45:57 WST 2002


Simon Fryer wrote on Tue July 30, at 01:07 +0800:
> > A while ago Duncan Sargeant tapped:
> > That's to be expected :-)  When we wired up the UCC with cat5, we didn't
> > bother with any order, just crimped one end and then made sure the other
> > matched it.
> 
> Bzzt. We did bother. All the krone termination blocks we used have the 
> appropriate wire colours labled on the back. This made wiring up the 
> blocks incorrectly (and have them work) more trouble that it is would have 
> been worth. 

Ah yes, actually it was just the leads from the wall sockets to the
devices that were random-order crimped.

,dunc



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