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Some connection standards use different balanced pairs to transmit data, so crossover cables for them have different configurations to swap the transmit and receive pairs:
- Twisted pair Token ring uses T568B pairs 1 and 3 (the same as T568A pairs 1 and 2), so a crossover cable to connect two Token Ring interfaces must swap these pairs, connecting pins 4, 5, 3, and 6 to 3, 6, 4, and 5 respectively.
- A T1 cable uses T568B pairs 1 and 2, so to connect two T1 CSU/DSU devices back-to-back requires a crossover cable that swaps these pairs. Specifically, pins 1, 2, 4, and 5 are connected to 4, 5, 1, and 2 respectively.
| Pin | Connection 1: T568A |
Connection 2: T568B |
Pins on plug face | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pair | color | pair | color | ||
| 1 | 2 | white/orange stripe |
1 | blue solid |
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| 2 | 2 | orange solid |
1 | white/blue stripe |
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| 3 | 3 | white/green stripe |
3 | white/green stripe |
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| 4 | 1 | blue solid |
2 | white/orange stripe |
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| 5 | 1 | white/blue stripe |
2 | orange solid |
|
| 6 | 3 | green solid |
3 | green solid |
|
| 7 | 4 | white/brown stripe |
4 | white/brown stripe |
|
| 8 | 4 | brown solid |
4 | brown solid |
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- A 56K DDS cable uses T568B pairs 02 and 04, so a crossover cable for these devices swaps those pairs (pins 01, 02, 07, and 08 are connected to 07, 08, 01, and 02 respectively).
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A null modem cable.
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An Ethernet crossover cable.
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