Cisco Cable Specifications

 See EIA/TIA 568-B RJ-45 Wiring Diagram

Prepared by Floyd Winters for the Manatee Community College Cisco Program June 2001

A Good Cable Link:

http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable5.htm

 

 

 

Patch Cable or

 

Crossover Cable or

 

Roll Over or

Straight Through Cable

 

Cross Connect Cable

 

Console Cable

Wire

 Wire Color

 

Wire

 Wire Color

 

Wire

 Wire Color

1-1

White/Orange (Tx+)

 

1-3

White/Orange (Tx+)

 

1-8

White/Orange

2-2

Orange (Tx-)

 

2-6

Orange (Tx-)

 

2-7

Orange

3-3

White/Green (Rx+)

 

3-1

White/Green (Rx+)

 

3-6

White/Green

4-4

Blue (Rx-)

 

4-0

blue (no connect)

 

4-5

Blue

5-5

White/Blue

 

5-0

white/blue (no connect)

5-4

White/Blue

6-6

Green

 

6-2

Green (Rx-)

 

6-3

Green

7-7

White/Brown

 

7-0

white/brown (no connect)

7-2

White/Brown

8-8

Brown

 

8-0

brown (no connect)

 

8-1

Brown

 

Patch Panel to Hub Uplink

 

Like device to like device

 

PC to Router Console Port

Hub Port to Hub Uplink

 

Hub port to Switch port

 

Hub Port to NIC in PC

 

PC direct to PC

 

Router to regular Hub Port

 

Router to Hub Uplink Port

 

Router to NIC in PC

 

NOTE:

 

Wall Plate to PC

 

Uplink or Cascade ports have wires interally crossed

 

 

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