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APPENDIX A: TWISTED-PAIR AND FIBER CABLES
A.1 RJ-45 CABLE PIN ASSIGNMENT
There are 8 wires on a standard UTP/STP cable and each wire is color-coded. The following diagrams show the pin allocation and
color of straight cable and crossover cable connections.
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FIGURE A-1. RJ-45 CONNECTOR PINNING
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
FIGURE A-1. STRAIGHT-THROUGH AND CROSSOVER CABLE PINNING
NOTE: Make sure your connected cables have the correct pin assignment and color as above picture before deploying the cables
into your network.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
1 - White/Orange 1 - White/Orange
2 - Orange 2 - Orange
3 - White/Green 3 - White/Green
4 - Blue 4 - Blue
5 - White/Blue 5 - White/Blue
6 - Green 6 - Green
7 - White/Brown 7 - White/Brown
8 - Brown 8 - Brown
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
1 - White/Orange 1 - White/Green
2 - Orange 2 - Green
3 - White/Green 3 - White/Orange
4 - Blue 4 - Blue
5 - White/Blue 5 - White/Blue
6 - Green 6 - Orange
7 - White/Brown 7 - White/Brown
8 - Brown 8 - Brown
STRAIGHT- THROUGH CABLE PINNING
CROSSOVER CABLE PINNING