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Figure9-3 RJ-45 connector pinout
-45 Ethernet ports of the firewall use category 5 or higher Ethernet twisted pair cables for
EIA/TIA cabling specifications define two standards, 568A and 568B, for cable pinouts.
Standard 568A—pin 1: white/green stripe, pin 2: green solid, pin 3: white/orange stripe, pin 4:
blue solid, pin 5: white/blue stripe, pin 6: orange solid, pin 7: white/brown stripe, pin 8: brown
solid.
Standard 568B—pin 1: white/orange stripe, pin 2: orange solid, pin 3: white/green stripe, pin 4:
blue solid, pin 5: white/blue stripe, pin 6: green solid, pin 7: white/brown stripe, pin 8: brown
solid.
Ethernet twisted pair cables can be classified into straight-through and crossover cables based on
their pinouts.
Straight-through—The pinouts at both ends are T568B compliant, as shown in Figure9-4.
Crossover—The pinouts are T568B compliant at one end and T568A compliant at the other
end, as shown in Figure9-5.
Figure9-4 Straight-through cable
Straight-through cable
white/orange
orange
white/green
blue
white/blue
green
white/brown
brown
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8
white/orange
orange
white/green
blue
white/
blue
green
white/brown
brown
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