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- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 20:11:31 GMT
- From: helfman@aero.org (Robert S. Helfman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Is RJ45 With Notch Same as RJ45 Without Notch?
- Message-ID: <telecom12.673.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- In article <telecom12.666.10@eecs.nwu.edu> Jim.Rees@umich.edu writes:
-
- > In article <telecom12.661.7@eecs.nwu.edu>, stlouis@unixg.ubc.ca (Phill
- > St. Louis) writes:
-
- >> I would like to ensure that these RJ45 wall jacks with a notch will
- >> work. (I am pretty sure that they are Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)
- >> RJ45 wall jacks that have been installed in some new offices.) Will
- >> these work with the standard RJ45 (without notch) plugs?
-
- > The jacks are the same, except for the notch. The difference is in
- > the cable. A standard no-notch RJ-45 cable is wired with a twist, so
- > that pin one is connected to pin eight on the other end. A notched
- > cable is wired straight.
-
- Not necessarily true. DEC uses their cables as null-modems by having
- the 'twist' in them. The wiring for RJ-12's is:
-
- White = DSR
- Blk = Rcd
- Red = Grnd
- Grn = Grnd
- Yel = Txd
- Blu = DTR
-
- So if you have a 'twist' cable connecting two devices, the effect is a
- null-modem (DSR <> DTR, Rcd <> Txd).
-
- I believe the RJ-45 setup is the same, plus RTS <> CTS.
-
-