Russell McMahon wrote: >>Notice that normal 4 pair UTP cable used for Ethernet shows it's >>telephone company heritage because it follows the color code of >>the first four pairs as listed above. > > > > Aaaaagh! > I'd never noticed that even though it has stared me in the face for years !! > Amazing. EIA/TIA 568A and 568B are the most common in buildings... if you're looking for the dead tree version of the spec. (And hopefully my memory is not failing.) Nate, nate@natetech.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads