Wiring

Connectors

RJ45 Jack and Plug Pinout.

Cable connector's picture.

Ethernet Cabling

The TIA/EIA-568-A specifies two wiring standards for a 8-position modular connector such as RJ45. The two wiring standards, T568A and T568B vary only in the arrangement of the colored pairs. We are using T568B.

Straight-Through Cable Pinout (T568B):

RJ45 Pin #       Wire Color      10Base-T Signal     1000Base-T Signal
                   (T568B)      100Base-TX Signal
   1             White/Orange       Transmit+           BI_DA+
   2             Orange             Transmit-           BI_DA-
   3             White/Green        Receive+            BI_DB+
   4             Blue               Unused              BI_DC+
   5             White/Blue         Unused              BI_DC-
   6             Green              Receive-            BI_DB-
   7             White/Brown        Unused              BI_DD+
   8             Brown              Unused              BI_DD-

Cross Over Cable Pinout (T568B):

RJ45 Pin #     Wire Color         RJ45 Pin #     Wire Color    
 (END 1)                           (END 2)
   1          White/Orange           1          White/Green
   2          Orange                 2          Green
   3          White/Green            3          White/Orange
   4          Blue                   4          White/Brown
   5          White/Blue             5          Brown
   6          Green                  6          Orange
   7          White/Brown            7          Blue
   8          Brown                  8          White/Blue

NOTE: The cross over cable layout is suitable for 1000Base-T operation, all 4 pairs are crossed.

The following diagram shows the Normal use of Crossed and Straight cables:

straight--HUB,SWITCH--crossed--HUB,SWITCH--straight--PC

PC--crossed--PC

NOTE': To avoid the need for Crossed cables many vendors provide UPLINK ports on Hubs or Switches - these are specially designed to allow the use of a STRAIGHT cable when connecting back-to-back Hubs or Switches. Read the manufacturers documentation carefully.

RS-232 Cabling

RS-232   Name/Function     DB-25          DB-9             RJ-45           RJ-45
Signal   (Input/Output)     (Standard)    (Standard)  (Cyclades)   (Netra/Cisco)
Chassis    Safety Ground          1              Shell            Shell           Shell
Gnd        Signal Ground
TxD        Transmit Data (O)
RxD        Receive Data (I)
DTR        Data Terminal Ready (O)
DSR        Data Set Ready (I)
DCD        Data Carrier Detect (I)
RTS        Request To Send (O)
CTS        Clear To Send (I)