The Purpose Behind The Cat6 Wire DiagramYou can easily assemble and establish a straight-through network connection between the Ethernet port of a computer and a hub/switch with the help of a Cat6 wire diagram. Using the diagram you can establish data communication between the computer and any other so connected computer through the hub/switch. You can use either of the 2 TIA/EIA wiring standards to make the twin connections between the respective ends of a CAT6 UTP (untwisted pair) cable and 2 RJ-45 connectors using the respective wiring diagram. An RJ-45 connector is similar to the RJ-11 telephone connector, but is bigger than it. The two standards are TIA/EIA-568-A and TIA/EIA-568-B. TIA stands for Telecommunications Industries Association and EIA stands for Electronic Industries Association. The CAT6 cable consists of 8 insulated wires in the form of 4 pairs. Each pair consists of two insulated wires twisted together. The insulation of each wire has a different color code. To make the connection you need to view the diagram and go on connecting the 8 untwisted wire ends into the respective pins on an RJ-45 connector in the sequence shown in the diagram. The CAT6 wiring diagram helps you very much in ensuring that you are making the connections in the correct manner and in the right sequence. Otherwise, it is almost sure that you can make a mistake while connecting up the wires in the pins of the RJ-45 connector. A CAT6 wiring diagram for a straight through basically depicts the color codes on the different wires in one column and the respective pin numbers of the RJ-45 connector in the second column. Eight such wire color codes are depicted in the 8 rows in the first column and the pin numbers starting from pin1 through pin8 are shown in the second column. The difference between the CAT6 wiring diagram as per TIA/EIA-568-A and TIA/EIA-568-B is essentially in the position of some of the various wire color codes in the eight rows of the first column of the table forming the wiring diagram. Row numbers 6 to 8 have color codes that remain unchanged in the two wiring diagrams, but the wire color codes in other rows are transposed to some other row. If you follow a CAT6 wiring diagram as per the T-568-A standard for making the connection between one end of the CAT6 cable and an RJ-45 connector, you need to follow the same wiring diagram to make the connection between the other end of the cable and another RJ-45 connector. The CAT6 wire diagram remains the same whether you use a CAT6 cable or a CAT5e cable. This is because the color codes and the number of wires in them remain the same. |