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I've just run some Cat5e cable to my shed so I connect my PC/Xbox etc to the router and when I've come to fit the connectors I find the wiring colours aren't the same as all the wiring diagrams show like this:
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What I've got is:
Green
Orange
White
Brown
Purple(what looks like Purple!)
Light Green
Light Blue
Blue

The cable came from fleabay *rolls eye* So I connected them like for like but it doesn't connect,have I done something wrong?
 
If the connectors are wired the same at each end it should work. Is the cable twisted in pairs like cat5 cable normally is?
 
that would make a patch cable i think. you need a crossover possiblly. not sure what wires to cross over tho
 
Short answer is yes lol

Erm, you can fix by looking at a cat5 cable and then as closely matching the colours.

Use 568B as the standard (it's the common one). So, green and light green = green/green white, blue and light blue = blue/blue white etc. Crimp up like that and all will be well :)

For a cross-over guide go here Ethernet crossover cable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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If the connectors are wired the same at each end it should work. Is the cable twisted in pairs like cat5 cable normally is?
That's what I thought but the wires aren't twisted,the cables inside look like 'alarm type cables'

that would make a patch cable i think. you need a crossover possiblly. not sure what wires to cross over tho

I'll have a looky see to what I need,cheers
Short answer is yes lol

Erm, you can fix by looking at a cat5 cable and then as closely matching the colours.

Use 568B as the standard (it's the common one). So, green and light green = green/green white, blue and light blue = blue/blue white etc. Crimp up like that and all will be well :)

For a cross-over guide go here Ethernet crossover cable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lol,I'll try that,cheers
 
Success!

Just out of curiosity,why does it matter what colour wire goes where?
 
It doesn't really, it's that they match at each end. Sounds like you've got cable that's not cat anything (not twisted pair) but for the short distance it probably won't make any difference.

:)
 
I'm pretty sure both ends matched but hey ho it's working now
 
that would make a patch cable i think. you need a crossover possiblly. not sure what wires to cross over tho

cross over is needed for computer to computer connections. when aa router is involved it will cross over whatever is needed. a cross over would have probably worked also as the router or network card would have sorted that aswell probably.
 
i have just bought a crimp and connectors to make my own cables.
i am colour blind and still managed, even though some of the cables aren't obvious.
just work them in pairs and its really easy
 
The pairs in the cable are twisted together to reduce cross talk and attenuation. The eia/tia standards define the cat5,5e,6 etc standards including pin outs etc. If your pairs weren't twisted its non compliant cable and will probably be poor performing. There's also a lot of sub standard CCA cable doing the rounds copper clad aluminium instead of the 24awg pure copper defined in the standards.
The 568b standard is most common these days for pin outs. For 100 Meg Ethernet you use 2 pairs the other 2 pairs are unused, 1 and 2 , 3 and 6 used for . So a cross over cable basically is a swap of those two pairs.
 
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