IMO you should use "B". Im more of the techy, and B is what you will see all your patch cables made in. If you were to walk into a PC STORE and buy a cable, its crimped down in "B". Most patch panels come with a flip/flop insert, but again, B would be most likly used in your cross connectos, so why not keep it the same. When you certify your network (which im sure all you guys do) You will always know what pairs your on - And when you Certify you should always certify from one end of the PATCH CABLE to the other end of the CROSS CONNECT.

Whatever you decide to do, Make sure you continue to go with it on everthing.

CHART?? ...heh

1 = W/O
2 = O/W
3 = W/G
4 = B/W
5 = W/B
6 = G/W
7 = W/BR
8 = BR/W

Ohyea, A lil nifty thing to know. A basic 10/100 network only uses PINS 1,2,3,6 So if you had to, under extream circs you can frog the jack and run TWO PC connections over one peice of CAT5 by spliting up the pairs.

Also, if you were to make a CROSSOVER cable (for pc to pc communication) you would simple SWAP the PAIRS of 1,2 x 3,6 of ONE end of the cable.

This message was edited by Brijaws on 01/05/03 19:09.