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Ethernet wiring diagram

Ethernet wiring diagram

alt.ascii-art · 10 messages · 1 Dec 1999 - 12 Dec 1999
Neil Franklin <nei...@franklin.ch.remove> wrote in message news:6u3...@chonsp.franklin.ch...
> Usually posts on this group are ASCII _art_.
>
> Well I am a bad artist, so a technical drawing will have to do.
>
>
> The wiring of an 10/100baseT Ethernet cable:
>
> Device1 Plug1            Plug2 Device2  Ethernet 10/100baseT
> 1       1a. . .        . . ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
>            X X X......X X X
> 2       1b' V V        V V `1b 7
>
> 3       2a-.     .             6        3,6 hub->computer
>             \   / \   /
> 4       3a. .\./. .\./.        5
>            X XXX X XXX X...
> 5       3b' V/V\V V/V\V        4
>             /   \ /   \
> 6       2b-'     V             3
>
> 7       4a. . .                2
>            X X X...
> 8       4b' V V                1
>
>
> At the moment I do not like the asymetry of using 'V' and '.', but
> 'A' at the top looked bad and '"' at the bottom was totally wrong.
>
> Anyone some better suggestions?
>
>
> --

Make it bigger, and use sutff like this:
     \/
 /\  /\  /\


JRO

Usually posts on this group are ASCII _art_.

Well I am a bad artist, so a technical drawing will have to do.


The wiring of an 10/100baseT Ethernet cable:

Device1 Plug1            Plug2 Device2  Ethernet 10/100baseT
1       1a. . .        . . ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
           X X X......X X X
2       1b' V V        V V `1b 7

3       2a-.     .             6        3,6 hub->computer
            \   / \   /
4       3a. .\./. .\./.        5
           X XXX X XXX X...
5       3b' V/V\V V/V\V        4
            /   \ /   \
6       2b-'     V             3

7       4a. . .                2
           X X X...
8       4b' V V                1


At the moment I do not like the asymetry of using 'V' and '.', but
'A' at the top looked bad and '"' at the bottom was totally wrong.

Anyone some better suggestions?


--
Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/

> [][ hi ... twisted-pair wiring eh ?
>
> 1       1a. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
>            X   X   X   X   X   X   X
> 2       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 7
>
> i presume that 2a,2b are twisted around the twisted-pair 3a,3b ?
>
> 3       2a--.           _     .-6        3,6 hub->computer
>           _  \   ,-.  _/ \_  /
> 4       3a \ _\_/,-.\//\ /\\/.--5
>             X_XXX   XX  X  XX
> 5       3b_/  / \`-'/\\/ \//\`--4
>              /   `-'   \_/   \
> 6       2b--'      .          `-3
>                   /|\
> wow! what a mess!  |   ... failure .. i just can't make it visible
> guess i'll leave it to someone else
>
> 7       4a. _ _     __ __      2
>            X_X_X...X__X__X
> 8       4b'                    1
>
>           -.     .-.     .-.
>             \   /   \ _ / _ \ _
>           -. \-/ .-. X X / \ X \ .-. ,
>             X X X   X X X   X X X   X
>           -' /-\ `-' X_X \_/ \_X `-' `
>             /   \   /   \       \
>           -'     `-'
>
>          -.       .-.
>            \     /   \
>             \   /     \   /
>          -. .\./.-. .-.\./. .-. .-. ,-
>            X  XX   X   XX  X   X   X
>          -' `/'\`-' `-'/`\' `-' `-' `-
>             /   \     /   \
>            /     \   /
>          -'       `-'
>
>         --.     .-.         .-.
>            \   /   \       /   \
>             \ /     \     /     \ /
>         --. .X. .-. .-. .-. .-. .X. ,-
>            X/ \X   X  \X/  X   X/ \X
>         --'/`-'\`-' `-'X`-' `-'/`-'\`-
>           /     \     / \     /
>         -'       \   /   \   /
>                   `-'     `-'
>
>  .. nope ... there's bound to some bright spark can solve it

As simple and easy to understand diagrams they are hopeless ..
BUT! ... they do look like exellent reditions of the beam from some ultratech massdestruction
weapon.. and with a little redidling could be made to look like strands of DNA.

Anyways .. i liked them

:)  CeeJay

Neil Franklin writes
>Usually posts on this group are ASCII _art_.
>
>Well I am a bad artist, so a technical drawing will have to do.
>
>
>The wiring of an 10/100baseT Ethernet cable:
>
>Device1 Plug1            Plug2 Device2  Ethernet 10/100baseT
>1       1a. . .        . . ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
>           X X X......X X X
>2       1b' V V        V V `1b 7
>
>3       2a-.     .             6        3,6 hub->computer
>            \   / \   /
>4       3a. .\./. .\./.        5
>           X XXX X XXX X...
>5       3b' V/V\V V/V\V        4
>            /   \ /   \
>6       2b-'     V             3
>
>7       4a. . .                2
>           X X X...
>8       4b' V V                1
>
>
>At the moment I do not like the asymetry of using 'V' and '.', but
>'A' at the top looked bad and '"' at the bottom was totally wrong.
>
>Anyone some better suggestions?
>
>
>--
>Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/

[][ hi ... twisted-pair wiring eh ?

1       1a. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
2       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 7

i presume that 2a,2b are twisted around the twisted-pair 3a,3b ?

3       2a--.           _     .-6        3,6 hub->computer
          _  \   ,-.  _/ \_  /
4       3a \ _\_/,-.\//\ /\\/.--5
            X_XXX   XX  X  XX
5       3b_/  / \`-'/\\/ \//\`--4
             /   `-'   \_/   \
6       2b--'      .          `-3
                  /|\
wow! what a mess!  |   ... failure .. i just can't make it visible
guess i'll leave it to someone else

7       4a. _ _     __ __      2
           X_X_X...X__X__X
8       4b'                    1

          -.     .-.     .-.
            \   /   \ _ / _ \ _
          -. \-/ .-. X X / \ X \ .-. ,
            X X X   X X X   X X X   X
          -' /-\ `-' X_X \_/ \_X `-' `
            /   \   /   \       \
          -'     `-'

         -.       .-.
           \     /   \
            \   /     \   /
         -. .\./.-. .-.\./. .-. .-. ,-
           X  XX   X   XX  X   X   X
         -' `/'\`-' `-'/`\' `-' `-' `-
            /   \     /   \
           /     \   /
         -'       `-'

        --.     .-.         .-.
           \   /   \       /   \
            \ /     \     /     \ /
        --. .X. .-. .-. .-. .-. .X. ,-
           X/ \X   X  \X/  X   X/ \X
        --'/`-'\`-' `-'X`-' `-'/`-'\`-
          /     \     / \     /
        -'       \   /   \   /
                  `-'     `-'

 .. nope ... there's bound to some bright spark can solve it

[][ see yuz
[][ colin
-- 
. /\_/\   ( () |_ | |\|   _/   |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_
:( a a(   CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
' \___")  <<sPAMiSanUISANCE--=oOo=--tROLLSaREwORSE>>

CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:jt5...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk...
> Neil Franklin writes
> >Usually posts on this group are ASCII _art_.
> >
> >Well I am a bad artist, so a technical drawing will have to do.
> >
> >
> >The wiring of an 10/100baseT Ethernet cable:
> >
> >Device1 Plug1            Plug2 Device2  Ethernet 10/100baseT
> >1       1a. . .        . . ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
> >           X X X......X X X
> >2       1b' V V        V V `1b 7
> >
> >3       2a-.     .             6        3,6 hub->computer
> >            \   / \   /
> >4       3a. .\./. .\./.        5
> >           X XXX X XXX X...
> >5       3b' V/V\V V/V\V        4
> >            /   \ /   \
> >6       2b-'     V             3
> >
> >7       4a. . .                2
> >           X X X...
> >8       4b' V V                1
> >
> >
> >At the moment I do not like the asymetry of using 'V' and '.', but
> >'A' at the top looked bad and '"' at the bottom was totally wrong.
> >
> >Anyone some better suggestions?
> >
> >
> >--
> >Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/
>
> [][ hi ... twisted-pair wiring eh ?
>
> 1       1a. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
>            X   X   X   X   X   X   X
> 2       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 7
>
> i presume that 2a,2b are twisted around the twisted-pair 3a,3b ?
>
> 3       2a--.           _     .-6        3,6 hub->computer
>           _  \   ,-.  _/ \_  /
> 4       3a \ _\_/,-.\//\ /\\/.--5
>             X_XXX   XX  X  XX
> 5       3b_/  / \`-'/\\/ \//\`--4
>              /   `-'   \_/   \
> 6       2b--'      .          `-3
>                   /|\
> wow! what a mess!  |   ... failure .. i just can't make it visible
> guess i'll leave it to someone else
>
> 7       4a. _ _     __ __      2
>            X_X_X...X__X__X
> 8       4b'                    1
>
>           -.     .-.     .-.
>             \   /   \ _ / _ \ _
>           -. \-/ .-. X X / \ X \ .-. ,
>             X X X   X X X   X X X   X
>           -' /-\ `-' X_X \_/ \_X `-' `
>             /   \   /   \       \
>           -'     `-'
>
>          -.       .-.
>            \     /   \
>             \   /     \   /
>          -. .\./.-. .-.\./. .-. .-. ,-
>            X  XX   X   XX  X   X   X
>          -' `/'\`-' `-'/`\' `-' `-' `-
>             /   \     /   \
>            /     \   /
>          -'       `-'
>
>         --.     .-.         .-.
>            \   /   \       /   \
>             \ /     \     /     \ /
>         --. .X. .-. .-. .-. .-. .X. ,-
>            X/ \X   X  \X/  X   X/ \X
>         --'/`-'\`-' `-'X`-' `-'/`-'\`-
>           /     \     / \     /
>         -'       \   /   \   /
>                   `-'     `-'
>
>  .. nope ... there's bound to some bright spark can solve it
>
> [][ see yuz
> [][ colin

Damn. That's good work.


JRO

CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> Neil Franklin writes
> >
> >Device1 Plug1            Plug2 Device2  Ethernet 10/100baseT
> >1       1a. . .        . . ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
> >           X X X......X X X
> >2       1b' V V        V V `1b 7
> >
> >3       2a-.     .             6        3,6 hub->computer
> >            \   / \   /
> >4       3a. .\./. .\./.        5
> >           X XXX X XXX X...
> >5       3b' V/V\V V/V\V        4
> >            /   \ /   \
> >6       2b-'     V             3
>
> i presume that 2a,2b are twisted around the twisted-pair 3a,3b ?

Hmmm. That would actually be suggested by my diagram. But it isn't
so in real, so my diagram is actually broken!

Properly 2a/b and 3a/b are each twisted around each other (the cable
has just 4 pairs in it.

So that would make:

1       1a. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
2       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 7

3       2a----. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,----2a 6        3,6 hub->computer
               X   X   X   X   X
4       3a--. / `-' `-' `-' `-' \ .--3a 5
             X                   X
5       3b. / \ ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. / \ ,3b 4
           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
6       2b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `2b 3

7       1a. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,1a 2
           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
8       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 1

Yes, that is how it should be, technically and ASCII-ly.


--
Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/

On 04 Dec 1999 17:06:32 +0100, Neil Franklin <nei...@franklin.ch.remove>
provoked the following text:

>> i presume that 2a,2b are twisted around the twisted-pair 3a,3b ?
>
>Hmmm. That would actually be suggested by my diagram. But it isn't
>so in real, so my diagram is actually broken!
>
>Properly 2a/b and 3a/b are each twisted around each other (the cable
>has just 4 pairs in it.
>
>So that would make:
>
>1       1a. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
>           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
>2       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 7
>
>3       2a----. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,----2a 6        3,6 hub->computer
>               X   X   X   X   X
>4       3a--. / `-' `-' `-' `-' \ .--3a 5
>             X                   X
>5       3b. / \ ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. / \ ,3b 4
>           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
>6       2b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `2b 3
>
>7       1a. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,1a 2
>           X   X   X   X   X   X   X
>8       1b' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `1b 1
>
>Yes, that is how it should be, technically and ASCII-ly.

This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't it be easier to draw it like
this?:

1       1a------------. ,------------1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
                       X            
2       1b------------' `------------1b 7

3       2a----.     ,----------------2a 6        3,6 hub->computer
               X   X            
4       3a------\-/---------, .------3a 5
                 X           X
5       3b------/-\---------' `------3b 4
               X   X                
6       2b----'     `----------------2b 3

7       1a------------. ,------------1a 2
                       X             
8       1b------------' `------------1b 1

-- 
        Peter Punk
          \    /
        ---\\\\---
          /    \

Everyone gets promoted until they can do no more damage.

ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) writes:
>
> This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't it be easier to draw it like
> this?:
>
> 1       1a------------. ,------------1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
>                        X
> 2       1b------------' `------------1b 7
>
> 3       2a----.     ,----------------2a 6        3,6 hub->computer
>                X   X
> 4       3a------\-/---------, .------3a 5
>                  X           X

The problem with that drawing is, it would make people think that it
it just crossed over.

But it is actually 2 wires woind around each other (4 (10 Mbit/s) or
5 (100 Mbit/s) times per foot cable length). In fact the amount of
crossings should be dividable by 2 (oops, it was 7 in mine, should
have made it one loop longer).


--
Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 11 Dec 1999 00:00 · permalink · report

Neil Franklin wrote:

> ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) writes:
> >
> > This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't it be easier to draw it like
> > this?:
> >
> > 1       1a------------. ,------------1a 8        1,2 computer->hub
> >                        X
> > 2       1b------------' `------------1b 7
> >
> > 3       2a----.     ,----------------2a 6        3,6 hub->computer
> >                X   X
> > 4       3a------\-/---------, .------3a 5
> >                  X           X
>
> The problem with that drawing is, it would make people think that it
> it just crossed over.
>
> But it is actually 2 wires woind around each other (4 (10 Mbit/s) or
> 5 (100 Mbit/s) times per foot cable length). In fact the amount of
> crossings should be dividable by 2 (oops, it was 7 in mine, should
> have made it one loop longer).
>


                    What on earth is this guy
                        talking about?
                            \               Who cares...
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                  ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
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                 \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
                 /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
                               |     _\   | |   |  \
                               //\____|   | //\_|  |
                              /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
                             / /   _)     / /   /(
                            / /    /     / /    \ )_
                           ( (    <     ( (    < \\
                            \ \    \     \ \    \
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                              \_\____\     \_\____\
                             ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
                    b'ger . ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> writes:
>
> Neil Franklin wrote:
>
> > ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) writes:
> > >
> > > This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't it be easier to draw it like
> >
> > But it is actually 2 wires woind around each other (4 (10 Mbit/s) or
>
>                     What on earth is this guy
>                         talking about?

LOL.


--
Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/

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