28 Feb
2002
28 Feb
'02
5:48 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great William S. once stated:
By shielded do you mean CAT5 cable? I was planning on
using that. Speaking of which, is there a proper
color to use? ie) grey, red, blue? This will only
be a home setup but was wondering if there is an
official color code.
Do you mean for the outside sleeve, or the individual wires in the cable?
For the outside, there is no real standard color that I'm aware of, although
there is a standard ordering for the wires when crimping (I think it goes
orange, green, brown, blue (solid followed by white and color) but don't
quote me on that---it's been awhile since I've crimped CAT5 network cables).
But for a regular CAT5 cable, as long as you use the same order for each
end, it'll work fine.
-spc (I don't remember the ordering for a cross-over cable though)