RJ45 wires backwards!

[rufunky]

Ok, so for whatever reason after getting done with my camera install I realized that I must have dyslexia because I wired all the cat 6 cables backwards! As far as I can tell, everything is working fine but I did not know if there was any problem this could cause.

 

[Silas]

as long as the two ends are the same

 

[bp2008]

Depends on what you mean by backwards.

 

[rufunky]

Yes, the two ends are the same.

What I mean by backwards is, starting from the orange white stripe the T-568B sequence goes from right to left instead of left to right :/

 

[bp2008]

as long as the two ends are the same

Almost. Pairs are supposed to be used on pins [1,2], [3,6], [7,8], [4,5] and if you don't wire the physical pairs to those pins then the electrical characteristics won't be as expected and it can hurt the performance of the cable.

 

[bp2008]

Yes, the two ends are the same.

What I mean by backwards is, starting from the orange white stripe the T-568B sequence goes from right to left instead of left to right :/

Yeah that should be fine, it will just be confusing if someone else has to come along later and re-crimp an end.

 

[rufunky]

Almost. Pairs are supposed to be used on pins [1,2], [3,6], [7,8], [4,5] and if you don't wire the physical pairs to those pins then the electrical characteristics won't be as expected and it can hurt the performance of the cable.

So, I should fix them?

 

[rufunky]

Yeah that should be fine, it will just be confusing if someone else has to come along later and re-crimp an end.

Got it. I re-read your above comment and get what you are saying now. The twisted pairs need to correspond in the sequence properly.

 

[copex]

i do the same all the time, its never caused an issue and always passes the cable tests.