28 Feb
2002
28 Feb
'02
11:31 p.m.
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Feb 28, 21:25, Tothwolf wrote:
Either standard works fine for ethernet or token ring, so long as the
connectors are paired the same on each end. IIRC, the token ring specs
call for 586A, which is probably why I saw it used, but I've also seen
token ring over 586B UTP too. If I get around to setting up token ring
here at home, I will probably just stick to 586B for everything, just to
keep things simple.
-Toth
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> I believe the common order in the States is
to swap orange and green
> pairs, which is T568A.
I haven't found 586A to be used more than
586B here in the US. Nearly
every ethernet installation I've worked on used 586B, but I have seen
586A used quite abit for Token Ring over twisted pair.
That's interesting. That's the first time I've ever heard an opinion
direct from someone who uses the stuff. My belief was founded on
things I've seen written by people who write standards or
interpretations of them, no more than that. In other words, not
people who actually do it. I always wondered why we'd do it
differently. Perhaps we don't :-)