Cat5 pro's

[erik_26]

Does it really matter what color order cat5 wires are in as long as it is the same order on both ends?

I have heard some people say it doesn't matter. I have heard others say it does.

I have made it following the standard and without. Both worked.

[Dutch3]

No, it really does not matter. All pairs in the cable have the same rates of twist.

But...if you are going to do it, why not follow the standard? It will make it easier for someone else to troubleshoot in the future. I wire everything to T568B as a matter of practice. That way 30 years from now, some poor SOB isn't going to be scratching his head and going..."WTF?"

[r3dn3ck]

orange-white orange green-white blue blue-white green brown white brown

and ditto dutch's answer.

[akcooper9]

Does it really matter what color order cat5 wires are in as long as it is the same order on both ends?

Correct. The colored wires are a visual thing so you know which wire is which when cap'n the ends.

[maurice05]

It matters depending on what your making a patch cord or cross connect, but you can use any pattern you chose

[ke6guj]

No, it really does not matter. All pairs in the cable have the same rates of twist.

But...if you are going to do it, why not follow the standard? It will make it easier for someone else to troubleshoot in the future. I wire everything to T568B as a matter of practice. That way 30 years from now, some poor SOB isn't going to be scratching his head and going..."WTF?"

because if one end gets damaged later on, the guy replacing the end is gonna be trying to figure out what the pattern is. In the end, he'll probably just cut off both ends and re-wire the entire thing.

[vintagearms]

alot of components have auto switching anyway, so no, I really dont think it matters.

[Merc1138]

As other people have pointed out, you don't have to follow the standard for it to work but you should follow the standard if anything changes. It's the same reason why the white wire isn't a ground in any of your outlets, black isn't the positive terminal for your car battery, and so on.

[steven_m64]

As stated following the standards makes things easier in the long run.

Another thing to be aware of is that if you don't follow the standards you may get a cable that works but that ends up with poor connection quality or speeds. Especially if you are running long cables or trying to get a full speed GbE networking working smoothly.

[Californio]

Color is Color but if you maintain 100's of thousands of linear feet of cable its good to have a standard and train your employes to use the standard. Its a CF if everyone does their own thing and costs you $$$ in the long run.

http://www.incentre.net/content/view/75/2/

[JDay]

Standards exist for a reason, use them.

[Yugo]

you guys are wrong....and it does matter! Are you wiring for A or B then it changes. http://www.solurapid.com.ve/RJ-45.html

[chaunbot]

why are you running cat5 anyways.. cat6 ftw

[WTSGDYBBR]

Cat 6 is a waste unless your going to change all your switches net cards out to gigabit . But I ran all cat 6 at my new house.

[Yugo]

use cat6 to be future proof......do you need it now NO