[SOLVED] What wiring standard should I use between Cat6 patch panels?

[olafec]

Hi there,

I have a question about the wiring standard I should correctly be using to connect a few networking items together. To make a long story short, the electrician working on my new home terminated wires in two different areas in the basement, instead of one central location. The wires cannot be re-run due to spray foam and walls are all up and painted. To extend these wires in a nice neat fashion, I connected them to a structured media box with a 6 slot cat-6 patch panel using B-wiring. The output of the patch panel are RJ-45 jacks, which I would connect to a switch on the other side of the basement. The bigger patch panel will also be wired in B config.

My question is: the RJ-45 jacks I need to crimp cat-6 for - do these need to wired up in a A, B-config, or as a pass-through? I cant seem to get a definitive answer and want to wire it correct the first time.

-------cat6 from keystone jacks-----> [ [ patch panel in T568B. ] -> [patch panel out (????)] ]-----------[cat6 to patch panel]-----> [patch panel to switch]

Let me know if I need to clarify, thanks!

 

[Alabalcho]

If you started with -B, keep with -B. End-to-end connection should be straight: 1-1, 2-2, …, 8-8

 

[SamirD]

I had this question a long time ago as well. This link helped:

Acuity Support

acuitysupport.zendesk.com

 

[nigelivey]

As long as its the same at both ends it doesnt matter.

 

[bill001g]

Key is consistency. The electrical signals do not really know what color the plastic on the wire is. As long as the pair of wires that connects say pins 1 and 2 is the same on both ends the signal get there.

You could for example take a 2 patch cords one that has 568a and a second that has 568b and use a coupler to connect them. So pair 1 would go on green wires for 1/2 the connection and orange wires for1/2. The signals though are still pin1-pin1 and pin 2 to pin 2. It just is confusing for the next guy that looks at this. He would think that the cable was wired improperly if he did not know 2 different patch cables were connected together.

Many years ago the blue and brown pairs of wires had few twists in them....saved a tiny bit of money for less wire. I think this was before the cat5e standard and all the wires were used to carry signalling.

 

[olafec]

Thanks everyone!