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Appendix a crimping an rj-45 connector – H3C Technologies H3C WA2600 Series WLAN Access Points User Manual

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Appendix A Crimping an RJ-45 connector

You must insert the Ethernet cable through the liquid tight adapter before crimping an RJ-45 connector on

the end of the cable (usually category 5 or category 5E cable).

Figure 19 RJ-45 connector

The following describes two common types of cables and how to make them.

Straight-through cable: The colored wires are of the same sequence at the two ends of the cable. A
straight-through cable is usually used to connect these devices: PC to hub or switch, router to hub or

switch.

Crossover cable: The colored wires are of different sequences at the two ends of the cable. A
crossover cable is usually used to connect these devices: PC to PC, router to router, or PC to router.

Table 8 Straight-through cable pin-outs

RJ45 pin

Signal

Wire

Signal direction

RJ45 pin

1 TX+

White-orange

Æ

1

2 TX- Orange Æ

2

3 RX+

White-green

Å

3

4 — Blue

— 4

5 — White-blue

— 5

6 RX- Green Å

6

7 — White-brown

— 7

8 — Brown — 8

Table 9 Crossover cable pin-outs

RJ45 pin

Signal

Wire

Signal direction

RJ45 pin

1 TX+

White-orange

Æ

3