McIntosh MS300 Advanced User's Manual page 9

MS300 Advanced Users Guide
3/3/2005
In a straight-through cable, wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of the cable are also wires 1, 2,
3, and 6 at the other end. In a crossed cable, the order of the wires change from one end
to the other: wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6.
To figure out which wire is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the end of the plastic
RJ-45 tip (the part that goes into a wall jack first) is facing away from you. Flip the clip
so that the copper side faces up (the springy clip will now be parallel to the floor). When
looking down on the coppers, wire 1 will be on the far left.
CAT5 cabling should not exceed 100 meters. The following drawing depicts the typical
wiring scheme for CAT5. For more information about wiring an Ethernet network, please
refer to the Linksys web site.
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