Standard RJ-45 Ethernet Wiring Diagrams

Straight Through Ethernet Cable Wiring (T-568B)

RJ-45 Pin # Color (both sides identical)

Pin 1 White with Orange

Pin 2 Orange

Pin 3 White with Green

Pin 4 Blue

Pin 5 White with Blue

Pin 6 Green

Pin 7 White with Brown

Pin 8 Brown

T-568B(with clip down) T-568A (with clip down)

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Cross Over Ethernet Cable Wiring

RJ-45 Pin # Side 1 Color (T-568B) Side 2 Color (T-568A)

Pin 1 White with Orange White with Green

Pin 2 Orange Green

Pin 3 White with Green White with Orange

Pin 4 Blue Blue

Pin 5 White with Blue White with Blue

Pin 6 Green Orange

Pin 7 White with Brown White with Brown

Pin 8 Brown Brown

T-568B Color Code for RJ-45 Plug

Eight-conductor data cable contains 4 pairs of wires.

Each pair consists of a solid (or predominantly) colored
wire and a white wire with a stripe of the same color. The
pairs are twisted together. To maintain reliability on
Ethernet, you should not untwist them any more than
necessary (like about 1 cm).

There are two wiring standards for these cables, called

"T-568A" and T-568B" They differ only in connection
sequence, not in use of the various colors. The illustration
shown is for T-568B. The pairs designated for 10BaseT Ethernet are Orange and Green. The
other two pairs, Brown and Blue, can be used for a second Ethernet line or for phone
connections.

Note that the Blue pair is on the center pins and conveniently corresponds to the Red and
Green pair in a normal phone line. The connections shown are specifically for an RJ-45 plug
(the thing on the end of the wire). The wall jack may be wired in a different sequence because
the wires are actually crossed inside the jack. The jack should either come with a wiring
diagram or at least designate pin numbers that you can match up to the color code below.

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Ethernet Pin Number Designations
There are pin number designations for each color in T-568B as well. The pin designations are
as follows:
Color Codes for T-568B
Pin Color Pair Name
--- ----- ---- ---------
1 wh/or 2 TxData +
2 or 2 TxData -
3 wh/grn 3 RecvData+
4 blu 1
5 wh/blu 1
6 grn 3 RecvData-
7 wh/brn 4
8 brn 4
Note that the odd pin numbers are always the white with stripe color.

• UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) Cabling consists of 4 twisted

pairs. The standard colors are:

white/blue – blue
white/orange – orange
white/green – green
white/brown – brown
• Hub to Hub, or Computer to Computer connection:
one end T-568A and the other end T-568B
(also known as a Crossover Cable or Uplink Cable).

• Hub to Computer connection:

T-568B on each end (Straight-Through).

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