Wiring into a cat5 wall plate...help needed please!!

Bubba Lankriss · 04-23-2008, 06:26 AM

I need to wire up a cat5 cable to a wall plate (or 12!) and it is the first time i have done this.

I have the plate with 2 rows - A & B with colours that represent the 8 core cat5 cable. My questions are:

1: Do i follow row A or row B?
2: If i read the colours from Left to Right they are:

A - Brown,Brown/white,Blue, Blue/white,Orange/white,Orange,Green/white,green

B - Brown,Brown/white,Blue, Blue/white,Green/white,green,Orange/white,Orange.

Do i just mimic the colours at the other end on the cable connector (hook down)?

Sorry if this is a bit unclear!! I've tried to be as simple as possible

**Cellus** · 04-23-2008, 02:19 PM

You want to follow EIA/TIA 568-B wiring, which would be row B. Punch down the wiring based on the colours provided on the panel and/or plate connectors.

You want straight-through cabling, which means B needs to be wired to B on the other end. If you wire B to A you get what is known as crossover, which is not what you want on any structured cabling.

johnwill · 04-23-2008, 02:45 PM

Yep, I normally hold up a standard cable and wire 1:1 if the jack is not properly color coded.

04-23-2008, 06:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bubba Lankriss Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro	Wiring into a cat5 wall plate...help needed please!! I need to wire up a cat5 cable to a wall plate (or 12!) and it is the first time i have done this. I have the plate with 2 rows - A & B with colours that represent the 8 core cat5 cable. My questions are: 1: Do i follow row A or row B? 2: If i read the colours from Left to Right they are: A - Brown,Brown/white,Blue, Blue/white,Orange/white,Orange,Green/white,green B - Brown,Brown/white,Blue, Blue/white,Green/white,green,Orange/white,Orange. Do i just mimic the colours at the other end on the cable connector (hook down)? Sorry if this is a bit unclear!! I've tried to be as simple as possible

04-23-2008, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,499 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1 My System	Re: Wiring into a cat5 wall plate...help needed please!! You want to follow EIA/TIA 568-B wiring, which would be row B. Punch down the wiring based on the colours provided on the panel and/or plate connectors. You want straight-through cabling, which means B needs to be wired to B on the other end. If you wire B to A you get what is known as crossover, which is not what you want on any structured cabling. __________________ TSF Networking Team HijackThis 5 Step Process Donate!

04-23-2008, 02:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 28,057 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wiring into a cat5 wall plate...help needed please!! Yep, I normally hold up a standard cable and wire 1:1 if the jack is not properly color coded. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience