Post AKIMftywhCn8tnSlEG by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AKFl5UpRjPp3IarpAm by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:13:03Z
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What's the one true cable order?
(DIR) Post #AKFmHuMEk211u8geEC by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:26:30Z
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@martijnbraam A poll created by someone who hasn't had to go cable hunting in the wild, who knows that There Is No True Order :-D
(DIR) Post #AKFmNJ4mGa6K105w1Y by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:27:29Z
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@proactiveservices I can say that I have pretty much never seen an A cable in the wild
(DIR) Post #AKFmQfMLsDkTzjuuIK by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:28:06Z
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@martijnbraam I've seen a mix in the same damn wall box on more than one occasion.
(DIR) Post #AKFmccRcXNFiQf54sq by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2022-06-07T18:30:13Z
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@martijnbraam As long as the cables end up on one side in the same order as on the other, then it doesn't matter.
(DIR) Post #AKFmjqB7sCFh3EoEN6 by redeagle@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:31:33Z
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@martijnbraam @proactiveservices You mostly only see them in government buildings in the US.
(DIR) Post #AKFmprfVFLBHPStG0O by alsternerd@social.tchncs.de
2022-06-07T18:32:38Z
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@martijnbraam @proactiveservices Come by me, I wire them like that A LOT. :D
(DIR) Post #AKFo1LTerEnl04O84e by sf@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:45:55Z
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@martijnbraam A for data, B for POE devices and cameras. Or whatever the engineer specs.
(DIR) Post #AKFo7x3y1nrlJ7WOx6 by edboythinks@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T18:47:06Z
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@martijnbraam B gang rise up
(DIR) Post #AKFv8knlnesjFTH7Pk by jdoe@freeradical.zone
2022-06-07T20:05:41Z
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@martijnbraam I like orange on the edge
(DIR) Post #AKFwneaDvOvjn00O48 by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T20:24:18Z
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@jaywilliams this is a rule for government?
(DIR) Post #AKFxRQEWhGpQroosc4 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-06-07T20:31:28.381592Z
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@martijnbraam Do I have to care? They're straight-through except in the case of crossover cables (I still have one of these).
(DIR) Post #AKFxiYITy90yncq2Do by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-07T20:34:35Z
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@lanodan no it does not matter at all :P
(DIR) Post #AKGySJXCIt4A2JVnW4 by Baggypants@mstdn.social
2022-06-08T08:17:34Z
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@martijnbraam What mnomics do people use to remember the order?
(DIR) Post #AKI4Y4W3qdpg4v4L7A by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-08T21:00:32Z
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@Baggypants Mnemonics? I just remember the colors :P
(DIR) Post #AKI4h8am3xX7KHb2UC by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-08T21:02:11Z
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Also what is the true way to say the colors?
(DIR) Post #AKI4yy300TgLpoIgOO by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2022-06-08T21:05:24Z
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@martijnbraam Pale Orange
(DIR) Post #AKI6rC2SIsvUorSzzM by RyuKurisu@fosstodon.org
2022-06-08T21:26:25Z
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@martijnbraam depends. I always say it primary-secondary; so an orange with a white stripe would be an Orange-White cable for instance 🤓
(DIR) Post #AKI7HOu95gpGFf4o8u by clov@travelpandas.fr
2022-06-08T21:31:07Z
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@martijnbraam orange candy (and blue candy, green candy…) :3
(DIR) Post #AKI9K9TH800pA9worY by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-08T21:54:03Z
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@RyuKurisu I just find white-orange way easier to say quickly than orange-white. Especially in dutch :D
(DIR) Post #AKI9mmZhKqp8Y5bVo0 by RyuKurisu@fosstodon.org
2022-06-08T21:59:15Z
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@martijnbraam ...but what if you have orange-white && white-orange cables bundled together? ✌️🤪
(DIR) Post #AKIJUsyDojH0iIBCjY by ledoian@pleroma.ledoian.cz
2022-06-08T23:47:10.548869Z
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@martijnbraam How about using all the different orders of the 8 wires, so one can recognise which cable ends where by the order? :-) Yes, I know, electrical engineers would kill me and give me a lecture on what a "twisted pair" is. (So maybe untwist it?)But seriously, I like orange at the side. (I never bothered to remember, which letter this is.)
(DIR) Post #AKIJUtif24Q72JuI7M by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-08T23:47:58Z
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@ledoian That's B, also known as the correct one :)
(DIR) Post #AKIMWTi50OIWoN52rQ by Tay0@fosstodon.org
2022-06-09T00:21:57Z
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@martijnbraamThe color standards come from telephony. In Ethernet we only use the first four ring colors, blue-orange-green-brown(there is a 5th, slate), on the first tip color, white. (There were 4 others, red-black-yellow-violet) In the first pair you have blue with white and white with blue. So both ways are correct but only for one wire in the pair. Using all these colors there were 25 possible combinations. A standard model 66 punch block vould hold 25 pairs. Bell Labs had a plan.
(DIR) Post #AKIMftywhCn8tnSlEG by martijnbraam@fosstodon.org
2022-06-09T00:23:39Z
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@Tay0 I have some "network" cable with 8 pairs instead of 4 with the extra colors, no clue where I got it from :P