Pin Order RJ45 (looking down with cable to you and pins on connector faceing up) 12345678 Our color scheme conforms to T568B Pairs(pins) 1(4/5) Blue Crossover 1(4/5) Brown MDI 2(1/2) Orange MDIX 3(1/2) Green 3(3/6) Green 2(3/6) Orange 4(7/8) Brown 4(7/8) Blue Pair 2 and 3 are used for ethernet. Pair 2 is transmit (tx+,tx-) Pair 3 is receive (rx+,rx-) (in MDI) Pair 3 is receive (rx+,rx-) Pair 2 is transmit (tx+,tx-) (in MDIX) Workstations are normally MDI (tx on pair 2, rx on pair 3) Hubs/Repeates are normally MDIX (tx on pair 3, rx on pair 2) RJ45 pin colors Straight through - both ends of cable 1 orange/white 2 orange 3 green/white 4 blue 5 blue/white 6 green 7 brown/white 8 brown RJ45 pin colors Cross over - one end is done as stright through, the other as below 1 green/white 2 green 3 orange/white 4 brown/white 5 brown 6 orange 7 blue 8 blue/white