Cables And Pinouts; Twisted-Pair Cable Assignments - Enterasys RoamAbout RBT-1002 Installation Manual

Cables and Pinouts

Twisted-Pair Cable Assignments

For 10/100BASE-TX connections, a twisted-pair cable must have
two pairs of wires. Each wire pair is identified by two different
colors. For example, one wire might be green and the other,
green with white stripes. Also, an RJ-45 connector must be
attached to both ends of the cable.
Caution: DO NOT plug a phone jack connector into the RJ-45 port.
Caution: Each wire pair must be attached to the RJ-45 connectors in a
The following figure illustrates how the pins on the RJ-45
connector are numbered. Be sure to hold the connectors in the
same orientation when attaching the wires to the pins.
Use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that
conform with FCC standards.
specific orientation. (See "Straight-Through Wiring" on page
B-3 and "Crossover Wiring" on page B-3 for an explanation.)
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