q95
Nov 7th, 2009, 09:46 AM
I am in the middle of building a new office in my basement, and I want to try and wire a new jack by myself. The other rooms in my house are already wired (I hired a guy to do it years ago). But I am confused about the color codes.
I first Google Searched cat5e color codes, and found this page: http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable5.htm
That page explained color codes for 568A and 568B. My understanding is I want to use 568A. It lists the color codes as:
1. White/Green
2. Green
3. White/Orange
4. Blue
5. White/Blue
6. Orange
7. White/Brown
8. Brown
I purchased some cat5e cable, and was able to connect it to the female RJ45 post. Below are 2 photos of my connection:
http://bayimg.com/image/paebkaacm.jpg
http://bayimg.com/image/paeblaacm.jpg
Now the part I need help with. The guy I hired to wire the house before installed a network panel. Here is what the panel looks like:
(NOTE: The gray cables are telephone cables, and the blue are cat5e ethernet):
http://bayimg.com/image/paebmaacm.jpg
Unless I am reading this panel wrong, it looks like the wire colors are:
1. brown
2. white/brown
3. green
4. white/green
5. orange
6. white/orange
7. blue
8. white/blue
To make things even more confusing, if you look at the top left of the panel board, you can see the model # "ICRDSVPA10". I googled this and believe I found the PDF doc for this panel here: http://www.computercablestore.com/PDF/ICRDSDPA10.pdf
The PDF doc says: "Wiring in accordance to T-568-A for residential use". The PDF doc also shows a diagram of the panel, and lists the colors as: BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE, BROWN. It does not label the any of the WHITE/BLUE, WHITE/GREEN, WHITE/ORANGE, WHITE/BROWN locations. Is this the PDF manual trying to tell me the color code is:
1. Blue
2. White/Blue
3. Green
4. White/Green
5. Orange
6. White/Orange
7. Brown
8. White Brown
Is that what its telling me? I am totally confused about what color order to use on my panel. Could anyone help me?
I first Google Searched cat5e color codes, and found this page: http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable5.htm
That page explained color codes for 568A and 568B. My understanding is I want to use 568A. It lists the color codes as:
1. White/Green
2. Green
3. White/Orange
4. Blue
5. White/Blue
6. Orange
7. White/Brown
8. Brown
I purchased some cat5e cable, and was able to connect it to the female RJ45 post. Below are 2 photos of my connection:
http://bayimg.com/image/paebkaacm.jpg
http://bayimg.com/image/paeblaacm.jpg
Now the part I need help with. The guy I hired to wire the house before installed a network panel. Here is what the panel looks like:
(NOTE: The gray cables are telephone cables, and the blue are cat5e ethernet):
http://bayimg.com/image/paebmaacm.jpg
Unless I am reading this panel wrong, it looks like the wire colors are:
1. brown
2. white/brown
3. green
4. white/green
5. orange
6. white/orange
7. blue
8. white/blue
To make things even more confusing, if you look at the top left of the panel board, you can see the model # "ICRDSVPA10". I googled this and believe I found the PDF doc for this panel here: http://www.computercablestore.com/PDF/ICRDSDPA10.pdf
The PDF doc says: "Wiring in accordance to T-568-A for residential use". The PDF doc also shows a diagram of the panel, and lists the colors as: BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE, BROWN. It does not label the any of the WHITE/BLUE, WHITE/GREEN, WHITE/ORANGE, WHITE/BROWN locations. Is this the PDF manual trying to tell me the color code is:
1. Blue
2. White/Blue
3. Green
4. White/Green
5. Orange
6. White/Orange
7. Brown
8. White Brown
Is that what its telling me? I am totally confused about what color order to use on my panel. Could anyone help me?