X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3b6f5dc1d8a64cc3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: "JRO" Subject: Re: Ethernet wiring diagram Date: 1999/12/01 Message-ID: <38458f11@206.103.97.91>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 555478421 References: <6u3dtm8kce.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> X-Trace: 1 Dec 1999 15:11:45 -0600, 216.226.27.26 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Neil Franklin wrote in message news:6u3dtm8kce.fsf@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