T568B is the one everyone uses while T568A is the odd one.
I don’t get what’s particularly bad about T568A though? I was told it’s just plain worse than T568B for anything faster than gigabit and I swear I never saw any store bought cables using it.
The configuration has absolutely no bearing on performance. It is purely for standardization. Straight through cables work with either because it’s literally just connecting the copper on either end. The difference between A and B is just flipping 2 pairs around although I forget which. Only 4 or 5 cables of 8 are even used to this day which is crazy.
Wifi? You may as well believe in magic. Buy a box of cable and one of these!
No testers - raw dog it. Party like a Quake party in 1999.
Had one. Somebody stole it at a lan, many years ago. Haven’t bought another one, since, because I’m dumb.
And now I will sing a traditional song of my people.
🟧⬜,🟧,🟩⬜,🟦,🟦⬜,🟩,🟫⬜,🟫.
A or B, can’t be bothered to look it up
https://youtube.com/shorts/EsoLNh9POhE
The rest of the channel is pretty funny too
My brain was like that’s to many wires… Until I finally was like oh orange white … One wire lol. Them everything fell into place.
Wasn’t there a second configuration too?
Crossover, but it isn’t needed anymore since most modern devices can detect what they are connected to and adjust.
Well there was A and B and it’s been long enough since I made any cable, I don’t remember which one everyone uses and which one only weirdos use.
T568B is the one everyone uses while T568A is the odd one.
I don’t get what’s particularly bad about T568A though? I was told it’s just plain worse than T568B for anything faster than gigabit and I swear I never saw any store bought cables using it.
The configuration has absolutely no bearing on performance. It is purely for standardization. Straight through cables work with either because it’s literally just connecting the copper on either end. The difference between A and B is just flipping 2 pairs around although I forget which. Only 4 or 5 cables of 8 are even used to this day which is crazy.
I think it’s something to do with the crosstalk between strands.
I bought a cheap tool years ago and a few hundred feet of cat6 and some connectors and wall plates
ran my main AP off my own crimped cords for years without issue. speed tests always showed full speed
What is one of these called?
It’s called a crimp tool or a crimper.
Thank you! The name totally escaped me haha
If I have a PhD in WiFi, does that make me a wizard?
It makes you almost qualified to answer why the damn printer won’t work.
Come on now… Not even god can answer that one.
Someone should consider asking an AI to fix a series of platters, it’ll probably just shut itself down.
Why doesn’t it work? Because it’s fucked… That’s why
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