Hi all, I just recently got a cable crimper to fix some issue cables at home. One cable worked fine, wired up with T-586A standard, going between a laptop and switch. However, the cable going between my switch and access point is a different story. I went to wire up as cross over, T-586A one side, T-586B the other. Didn't work at all. So I went for a straight through with T-586A both sides. Still didn't work. Then I looked at the configuration of the original plugs, and saw both ends were T-586B. So I tried that on both ends. Lo and behold, it works. Which confused the hell out of me.
Does it matter if the straight through wiring is T-586A or T-586B on both ends? Because from that, it seems like it does. But from things I've read, it shouldn't, just as long as the pin outs are the same at each end for straight through. Could I get any insight into this?
If both ends are the same it doesn't matter. They could be all black wires as long as both are the same pin to pin. I'd guess you have a bad connection in a crimp. Can you check continuity end to end with a multimeter?
I have no multimeter or testing tools yet, sadly. It could simply have been wires not making connection to the pins in the plug, but I have no way of knowing now that I've re-crimped it, but it's working after re-crimping to the other standard
Ports these days are auto-sensing. You do not need to have a crossover cable.
Just wire them to the same standard (B). Nothing hardly uses the 'A' standard anymore, pretty much everything (99%) is 'B'.
Also, get a cable tester, because if you crimp both ends and it doesn't work then you'll have to redo each end again because you have no way to check which end is bad.
And yes, each end has to be the same for the cable to work (except for a cross over, which isn't used for uplink ports anymore, though you may find this in the wild for legacy stuff).
Ah okay. So from now on, continue to use standard B for modern stuff? I'll keep that in mind. The other cables I have crimped with A have worked so far, at least. If I'm correct, B should be "G-W, G, O-W, BL, BL-W, O, BR-W, BR", yes?