• Atropos@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Yeah, why is this the case? I have to refer to a diagram whenever I punch down a jack. Always forget where the green goes.

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      4 days ago

      I sing a little ditty in my head:

      Orange-stripe, orange, green-strip, blue,

      Blue stripe, green, brown-stripe, brown.

      If it’s the “other” scheme? Fuck me, to the diagrams I go.

      EDIT: Realized you’re talking about jacks. Aren’t they all clearly labelled these days, with both schemes?

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        Yeah, the good ones are labeled, but I have a bag of unknown origin that don’t have it on the side. I should probably just get a new bag.

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          3 days ago

          Was going to say, despite my loathing of waste, I’d probably chunk of bag of unlabelled jacks. Hell, you’ll waste a few fucking up anyway.

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            3 days ago

            I’m usually the type to just deal with the annoyance and use them up to prevent tossing them. Probably a minor enough annoyance.

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      Blue in the middle is pair 1. Orange around that is pair 2. Green on the left, brown to the right.

      CC-B-AA-B-DD.

      Pair A is for telephone back when Ethernet was wired to a punch down block. Pair B and C are for data. Swap b and c on one end for crossover.

      The fourth pair is basically useless.