Is there a saying or rhyme to remember the color order of cat 5 cable?

[RadiclDreamer]

"White-Orange Orange ... White-Green Blue ... Blue-White Green ... Brown-White Brown...la la la"

Sing it to yourself about a thousand times while terminating....you'll be able to recite it in your sleep...

I worked for me......

(Sorry)


FWIW

Scott

Same one I use! Except I always use white-orange/orange, white-blue-blue etc

 

[mbenitezusmc]

??

Once upon a time, there was an old man who fell in love with a young woman. The story goes like this:

Old white Oscar got with Betty. Betty with Gary. Betty with Bob.

Orange-White, Orange, Green-White, Blue, Blue-White, Green, Brown-White, Brown.

 

[sdifox]

Have a picture handy?

 

[Fardringle]

The "rhyme" I use is:

"Google, what is the order for ethernet wiring?"

It doesn't actually rhyme, but it's easy to remember.

 

[fiberst]

Memorize them by heart.

 

[oobydoo]

Mine is just odd but then again so am I

I have in my minds eye "A stripey Orange for Breakfast stripey is odd (odd pin numbers)" Followed by a normal one.
You should always eat ya greens stripey greens first (odd pin)
After ya stripped greens have a drink of loving Blue water then wash it down with Strippy (odd pin) water
Then you eat more greens (solid) so it makes you poo stripey poo (odd pin) followed by a dam good Solid poo at the end.



Hope that helps lol
No idea why I did that so many years ago!

Cross over flip use the card that comes with ya Crimper because you can remember to change 6's over but eating GREENS first man who does that!

Mike
LeyeT.net

 

[kevnich2]

If you do alot of inside phone wiring work in businesses, it becomes VERY easy as you actually understand the history of what the different pairs did when it was used strictly for phone, then ported over in the data side.

This seems to be a dying item though as more businesses are switching to VOIP, but the easiest way I learned it was by wiring up a few dozen 66 blocks about a decade ago. Never had an issue remembering the color order again.