Well, /g/, A or B?
>>109106523a B
I ran cable for a few years and never once saw A, I don't even know why it's a standard
>>109106600really old network interfaces didn't auto-cross wires so you had to use the correct crossed or un-crossed cable (A-to-B or B-to-B) depending on what you were connecting
Why didn't they order the wires so each solid/striped pair is next to each other?
>>109107092Because when designing these standards it is important to take manufacturing into account.
>>109107109wat?
>>109107109 can you explain how complicating the layout makes it easier to manufacture vs every pair side by side?
>>109107127Note how each white and solid color pair comes twisted together from the bulk. This identifies the twisting pattern.
The real question is why they used different solid colors between A and B.
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>>109107150No, that is reordering the colors, not using different colors.
Always B, every so often you get an old telephone guy who somehow always reverts back to A. Though really it doesn't matter as long as both sides match and hell even crossover cables will often get sorted out on the switch side which as a tech will completely fuck you up if you're troubleshooting a camera on a job.
>>109106523Never seen A in my life.
>>109106678The fact that people don't even know about crossover cables and auto-detect is taken for granted, seems to indicate that I'm old AF.
>>109108021its gaslight and its a troll thread, I had to make a crossover cable for my 10gbe network card to my NASit indicates you're ignorant
So glad I don't have to remember this any more
>>109106523Why split these pairs?
>>109108136It's based on how they're wired when they carry one or two pairs.
>>109108165But why aren't they wired like>blue blue orange orange>green green brown brownor so?
>>109108189Because then if you connected a single line phone cable that only has the center two pins you would get half of one pair and half of another.
>>109108197Ah, now I understand. It finally makes sense. Thank you for spoonfeeding a retard. That probably counts as your good deed for the day.
>>109106523Both, at the same time.
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>>109108310>>109108304crosstalk, magnetism, etc
>>109108021most of /g/ is unemployed but any tech who has been in the field for more than a year has seen a crossover cable. but yeah they're not normally required. but the second you throw out the one you have you're gonna need it
>>109108093lol that’s a shit nic if it can’t autodetect the transmission and receive. you’re joking. crossover hasn’t been a thing since fast ethernet
