NOTE: Presented for historical reasons- nobody uses quad wire anymore.
Standard 4-Pair Wiring Color codes
Pair 1
T R
White/Blue Blue/White
Pair 2
T R
White/Orange Orange/White
Pair 3
T R
White/Green Green/White
Pair 4
T R
White/Brown Brown/White
NOTE: For 6-wire jacks use pair 1, 2 and 3 color codes. For 4-wire jacks use pair 1 and 2 color codes.
Jack Lead Colors
Jack Lead Colors
Pin #
Jack Type
8P8C/ 8P8C Keyed
6P6C
MMJ
1
Blue (L)
White (W)
Orange (O)
2
Orange (O)
Black (B)
Green (G)
3
Black (B)
Red (R)
Red (R)
4
Red (R)
Green (G)
Yellow (Y)
5
Green (G)
Yellow (Y)
Black (B)
6
Yellow (Y)
Blue (L)
Brown (N)
7
Brown (N)
-
-
8
White (W)
-
-
Standard Jack Wiring
Non-Standard Jack Wiring
The following wiring schemes are non-standard and violate category 5 ratings...but if you only have a single category 5 cable in the wall, you can wire it to the jacks in one of two ways to still have telephone and network connections.
This is how to wire one cat 5 cable into a network and a two-line jack:
This is how to wire one cat 5 cable into a network and two one-line jacks:
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