You're envisioning that pin 1 is on the wrong side of the jack/plug, but
this will work.
If it's pinned correctly, then the oranges and the greens trade places on a
crossover cable. But, as long as you're consistently backwards, I think
it's okay.
Lee Howard.
At 11:01 AM 11/20/00 -0600, Jamin Collins wrote:
>That would work for a straight-through cable. but for a cross over, you need
>to swap two pair.
>
>End 1 End 2 (Data Cross)
>============ ============
>Orange/White Orange/White
>Orange Orange
>Green/White Brown/White
>Blue Blue
>Blue/White Blue/White
>Green Brown
>Brown/White Green/White
>Brown Green
>
>This should create a data cross-over for you. IIRC, data uses pins 3, 6, 7,
>and 8 of the CAT5 cable while pins 1, 2, 4, and 5 are set aside for voice.
>So, if you wanted to create a voice and data cross over cable, you would
>swap 1 and 2 with 4 and 5 also.
>
>Jamin W. Collins
>
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