Hi all, Thank you all for the great advice. I ended up going with what I'm going to call "Modified EIA-561". I've only used 4 pins, as following: Pin Function 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 Receive 6 Transmit My thinking behind this is that on a standard ethernet cable this should result in each data line having a ground line running as its pair. Thanks! Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist