Re: Network Wiring: A or B?

[Lewis Gardner <lgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

E. Lee Dickinson wrote:

> 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."

So all your in the wall wiring is wired as a two pair crossover cable.

I would re-terminate one end to make all the in-wall wiring either A or
B. Most modern equipment will auto switch to take care of this problem
but it is better to do it right.

Don't worry about the occasional patch cable that is A when you wired
everything else A. As long as all of your cables are straight through
(pin 1 to pin 1) everything will be fine.