Standard Patch Cable Colors

Patch cable color coding standards color use white standard category 5 cable yellow single mode fiber optic cable orange multi mode fiber optic cable red cross over cable green security use cabling blue standard category 6 cable black test cable special application not sure it s really what you need though.

Standard patch cable colors. If they can t keep it neat do you expect a tech to get the correct color patch cable. Both the t 568a and the t 568b standard straight through cables are used most often as patch cords for your ethernet connections. This is not to be confused with the color coding of the twisted internal wires contained within each cat cable. Even if it s just you you must be very disciplined to maintain a standard.

Ethernet cable colors and their purpose. Category 5 cable cat 5 is a twisted pair cable for computer networks since 2001 the variant commonly in use is the category 5e specification cat 5e the cable standard provides performance of up to 100 mhz and is suitable for most varieties of ethernet over twisted pair up to 1000base t gigabit ethernet. T 568b straight through ethernet cable. I ve only used red patch cables for something i want to call attention to.

Unlike patch cable crossover cable uses two different wiring standards on both end. Cable color standards cat5 cat6 plenum patch cord fiber code suggest keywords. Green patch running to my finance dept people they work should go smooth or i wouldn t be getting my salary on date. Youve seen pictures of a messy patch panel.

42 27 comment suggest a new document. Cat 5 is also used to carry other signals such as telephony and video. One end uses the t568a wiring standard and the other end uses the t568b wiring standard. Red patch running to my ex gf desk easier to detect and bring it down.

Blue color patch running to my boss cabin cut it down whenever he. Purple patch for the cable running to my ceo desk wouldn t want to mess with this cable. Doit help desk doit staff network services systems network control center. What is crossover cable.

The colors of cat5 cat5e cat6 and cat6a ethernet cables represent a specific application or system such as network connectivity or equipment connections. If you require a cable to connect two ethernet devices directly together without a hub or when you connect two hubs together you will need to use a crossover cable instead. That being said as far as colors try to keep it uniform.