Beaver County School District


WIRING ORDER AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR 10/100/1000BASE-T CAT-6

Wire
Standard
WireCrossover
1
Orange/White
1
Green/White
2
Orange
2
Green
3
Green/White
3
Orange/White
4
*Blue
4
*Brown/White
5
*Blue/White
5
*Brown
6
Green
6
Orange
7
*Brown/White
7
*Blue
8
*Brown
8
*Blue/White

  1. Strip about 1 1/2 inches of the outer insulation from the end of the Cat-6 Cable.
  2. Cut and remove the plastic X from the center of the wire bundle. (Cat-6 only.)
  3. Straiten and flatten the wires in the correct order. (Normally the standard order.)
  4. Holding all wires tightly together cut the ends off at about 1" so they end in a strait row.
  5. Hold the modular plug with the lock flange facing away and the copper at the top.
  6. Insert flat wire group from left to right into the bottom of modular plug.
  7. Push bundle in as far as possible.  (Copper ends should be visible from bottom out end.)
  8. Insert into Crimper and cycle the action.

Use a crossover cable to connect two machines together without a hub or switch.

* Used in Gigabit but not used in 10/100 Mbps connections.