[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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