what is the cable colouring and order for cat 5?

Answer 1

There is no colouring order for ethernet cables.

Basically, it goes like this:

Cat5=10Mbps
Cat5E=100Mbps
Cat6=1000Mbps

The different numbers are to differentiate at what speeds each cable is able to do.

I would suggest getting a Cat5E ethernet cable to connect a computer to a router, but for example Cat6 is backwards capable with Cat5, but not the other way around! A Cat5 cable will always work at 10Mbps even if it is connected to a port that is capable of 1000Mbps.

Answer 2

I presume you are talking about making straight cable. There are 2 standards, and as long as you are consistant, either will work fine.

Standard A is
Pin color
1 green - white
2 green
3 orange white
4 blue
5 blue white
6 orange white
7 brown white
8 brown

Standard B is
Pin color
1 orange - white
2 orange
3 green white
4 blue
5 blue white
6 green white
7 brown white
8 brown

Understand that pin 1 is the left most pin when the clip is on the bottom.

Answer 3

people use different ways to make their cables. So you can't really go by the color. there is a couple more common orders but not everyone follows it. basically just make sure you use the same color in the same location on both ends unless its a crossover then just make sure the pin assignments are correct and don't worry so much about the color.

Answer 4

Just google it to get a color picture, but there are two standards A and B.

Answer 5

try that link