Re: Network Wiring: A or B?

["E. Lee Dickinson" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Pat Farrell" <pfarrell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> E. Lee Dickinson wrote:
>> I've just realized that I've got my wiring standards mixed up. All my
>> jacks are punched down as "A," while all the plugs and patch cables and
>> the patch panel in the closet are "B."
>> > Everything works perfectly. I've made this mistake in my house, my
>> > mom's
>> house, her boyfriend's house, and two other houses now (I got bad info
>> from an installer friend.)
>
> It really makes no difference. Except on a single cable.
> The signal does not know what color the wire is.
> So it is pin 3 to pin 3, etc.

Which would make sense if I had wired BOTH ends wrong. But as I said: One
end (wall plates) is punched down "A."  The other end, male plugs right in
to my switch, is wired "B."