Cabling Standards, pt.

• Developed by the Telecommunications

Industry Association/Electronics Industries
Alliance (TIA/EIA)

• When making a patch cable, the wires of a

twisted pair cable are placed in order

• A plug is then crimped, or secured, once the

wires are in place
Cabling Standards, pt. 2

Pin # BOGB 568A 568B

1 White/blue White/green White/orange
2 Blue Green Orange
3 White/orange White/orange White/green
4 Orange Blue Blue
5 White/green White/blue White/blue
6 Green Orange Green
7 White/brown White/brown White/brown
8 Brown Brown Brown
Straight Through Cables

Straight through cables are used to connect

computers to central connecting devices, such as
switches or SOHO routers
 Most common type of a patch cable

Called “straight through” because the wires on each

end are organized using the same standard
 For example, both ends could use the 568B
standard or both ends use the 568A
standard
 Crossover Cables
• Crossover cables are used to connect like devices, such as
a computer to a computer

• They are called “crossover” because the wires on each end

are organized using different cabling standards
For example, one end uses the 568A standard, while
the other uses the 568B standard
 Limitations of Twisted-Pair Cabling
Cable Type Maximum Speed
• Twisted-pair cables can only run about 100 meters before
the electric signal suffers from attenuation Category 3 10 Mbps
 Attenuation: The quantity of information reaching
Category 5 100 Mbps
the receiver as compared to the transmitted
quantity of information Category 5e 100 Mbps and Gigabit
networks
• Twisted-pair cabling is also susceptible to interference
Category 6 Gigabit networks