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This is most common cable for 10/100/1000Base-T ethernet networks. This cable will work with
10Base-T (10 Mbit ethernet), 100Base-TX (100 Mbit ethernet) and 1000Base-T (1 Gbit ethernet). It is
used to wire a network interface card to a hub, switch or network outlet. This cable is called wipe,
patch cord, straight-thru cable.
8 pin RJ45 (8P8C)
female connector Nowdays ethernet is a most common networking standard for LAN (local area network) communication,
at the Device officially standardized by IEEE standard 802.3. It was originally developed by Xerox Corporation in
cooperation with DEC and Intel in 1976. Nowdays ethernet runs at 10Mb, 100Mb or 1Gb per second. 8 pin RJ45 (8P8C)
Ethernet uses a bus (old coaxial cable) or star topology (standard UTP cable). Most ethernet networks use male connector
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable. Category 5 (CAT5) cable widely used, but other variations are at the Cable
available. EIA/TIA specifies RJ-45 connectors - properly called 8P8C - (ISO 8877) for UTP (unshielded
twisted pair) cable. (RJ45 refers to a set of connectors beyond the 8P8C standard but the former has
replaced the latter in common usage).

1000BASE-T (also known as IEEE 802.3ab) is a standard for gigabit Ethernet over copper wiring. It requires, at See also:
least Category 5 cable (the same as 100BASE-TX), but Category 5e (Category 5 enhanced) or Category 6
Ethernet 10 / 100 Mbit (cat 5)
cable may also be used and are often recommended. 1000BASE-T requires all four pairs to be present and is
network cable wiring pinout
far less tolerant of poorly installed wiring than 100BASE-TX.
Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit
crossover cable pinout
There are two standards for network cable wiring. Both are correct. You may use either of them to make an Ethernet 10/100Base-T (
Ethernet UTP network cable. RJ-45) connector pinout
Ethernet 1000Base-T
EIA/TIA 568B Ethernet UTP cable wiring diagram (Gigabit ethernet) pinout

Signal cable wire

Pin Description Name Pin
Name color
White with
Transmit orange
1 TX+_D1 TX+_D1 1
Data+ stripe

Orange
with white
Transmit stripe or
2 TX-_D1 TX-_D1 2
Data- solid
orange

White with
Receive green
3 RX+_D2 RX+_D2 3
Data+ stripe

Blue with
4 BI+_D3 Bi-directional+ white stripe BI+_D3 4
or solid

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blue

White with
5 BI-_D3 Bi-directional- blue stripe BI-_D3 5

Green with
white stripe
6 RX-_D2 Receive Data- RX-_D2 6
or solid

White with
7 BI+_D4 Bi-directional+ brown strip BI+_D4 7

Brown with
white stripe
or solid
8 BI-_D4 Bi-directional- BI-_D4 8
brown

EIA/TIA 568A Ethernet UTP cable wiring diagram

Signal cable wire
Pin Description Name Pin
Name color
White with
Transmit
1 TX+_D1 green strip TX+_D1 1
Data+

Green with
white stripe
Transmit
2 TX-_D1 or solid TX-_D1 2
Data-
green

White with
Receive orange
3 RX+_D2 RX+_D2 3
Data+ stripe

Blue with
white stripe
4 BI+_D3 Bi-directional+ or solid BI+_D3 4
blue

White with
5 BI-_D3 Bi-directional- blue stripe BI-_D3 5

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Orange
with white
stripe or
6 RX-_D2 Receive Data- RX-_D2 6
solid
orange

White with
7 BI+_D4 Bi-directional+ brown strip BI+_D4 7

Brown with
white stripe
8 BI-_D4 Bi-directional- or solid BI-_D4 8
brown

Note: It is very important that a single pair be used for pins 1 and 2; 3 and 6, 4 and 5, 7 and 8. If not, performance
will be degraded.

How to wire your own Ethernet cable

This is simple. You will need some RJ-45 connectors, UTP cable, Rj-45 Modular Connector Crimper and a hand.
The ethernet cable,connectors and connector crimper are available at computer stores and most electrical
centers.

Pull the cable off the reel to the desired length and cut. Inside the ethernet cable, there are 8 color coded wires.
They are twisted into 4 pairs of wires. One wire in the pair is a solid colored and the other is a primarily white with
a colored stripe. Start on one end and strip the cable jacket off (about 2-3cm) using a stripper or a knife. The
insulation of cable wires must remain intact!

Untwist the pairs and align the wires in the correct order (see the EIA/TIA 568B or EIA/TIA 568A pinout). Flatten
the wires and trim the ends of the wires, leaving approximately 12-14 mm in wire length. Check the correct order,
flattness and tightness of wires bundle.

Hold the RJ-45 connector (clip down, you should see the same as BOTTOM on picture on right) and carefully
insert wires into connector. Each wire should be inserted as deep as possible (to the front of the RJ45 plug).
Check the wires order once again. Carefully hold the wire and firmly crimp the RJ-45 with the modular connector
crimper.

Repeat the above for the second RJ45 connector of cable.

That's all. Test the Ethernet cable.

If your Ethernet cable isn't working

Check the following:

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Did you align wires in correct order on both ends of cable? Is pin 1 of connector wired with white-orange (EIA/TIA
568B) or white-green (EIA/TIA 568B) on both ends of cable?

If not, cut off connector and repeat above steps.

Did you tightly press all metal pins of RJ45 connector?

Tightly crimp the connector with the crimper once again.

There are four most common Unshielded Twisted Pair Ethernet standards available nowdays:

Name Speed Standard Wires used Comments

Runs over four

wires on a
2 pairs: pins
10BASE-T 10Mb/s 802.3i Category 3 or
1,2,3,6
Category 5
cable.
CAT5 copper
2 pairs: pins cabling with
100BASE-TX 100Mb/s 802.3u
4,5,7,8 two twisted
pairs.
At least
Category 5
cable, with
Category 5e
strongly
recommended
4 pairs: pins
1000BASE-T 1000Mb/s 802.3ab copper cabling
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
with four
twisted pairs.
Each pair is
used in both
directions
simultaneously
4 pairs: pins Uses category
10GBASE-T 10000Mb/s 802.3an
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 6a cable.

Ethernet UTP cable length:

Each network segment cable length may be up to 100 meters, although several chip manufacturers claim 150
meters. Autonegotiation is a requirement for using 1000BASE-T, according to the standard. Several device
drivers will allow you to force 1000 Mbps full duplex to eliminate autonegotiation issues.

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UTP network cabling history

Category 5 cable , commonly known as Cat 5, is an unshielded twisted pair cable type designed for high signal
integrity. With the 2001 introduction of the TIA/EIA-568-B standard, the category 5 cabling specification was
obsoleted and superseded by the category 5e specification.

The original specification for category 5 cable was defined in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A, with clarification in TSB-95.
These documents specified performance characteristics and test requirements for frequencies of up to 100 MHz.
Category 5 cable included four twisted pairs in a single cable jacket. It was most commonly used for 100Mbit/s
networks, such as 100BASE-TX Ethernet, although IEEE 802.3ab defined standards for 1000BASE-T - gigabit
Ethernet over category 5 cable. Cat 5 cable typically had three twists per inch of each twisted pair of 24 gauge
copper wires within the cable. The twisting of the cable reduces electrical interference and crosstalk.

Cat 5e cable is an enhanced version of Cat 5 that adds specifications for far-end crosstalk, usually used for
gigabit ethernet. Cat 5e cable does not enable longer cable distances for Ethernet networks: horizontal cables
are still limited to a maximum of 90 m in length. Cat 5e cable performance characteristics and test methods are
defined in TIA/EIA-568-B.2-2001.

The enhanced version Category 6a cable is defined at frequencies up to 500 MHz and needed to reach 10Gb/s
with 10GBASE-T Ethernet.

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