Cat5 cabling

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Sgt Pepper
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Cat5 cabling

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Anyone have a good link for how to make ends on a piece of cat5 cable? Just need a good visual guide for what color pair goes where...
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For a straight through cable it doesn't matter what order the colors set. It only matters that they match on both ends of the cable. Ex...

Orange
Orange White
Blue
Blue White
Green
Green White
Brown
Brown White

You just need to make sure that you keep the colors in the same order on both ends.
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Cool...thanks for the tip :D
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