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Ol' reliable (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 days ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    There are 4 pairs of 2 wires, for 8 overall. They are all used, but the pairs are redundant. From what I understand, when you send a positive pulse on, say, the solid blue wire, you also send a negative pulse on the stripy blue and white wire. The twisted pairs should counteract any interference, but if it doesn't, the arrival of the bumps with opposite polarity should foolproof things a little.

    Oh yeah it's called differential signalling.

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