[rescue] Token-ring pin assignment

Mike Nicewonger rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Dec 27 17:02:24 CST 2001


On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, you wrote:
> What's the correct way to make an RJ45 UTP token-ring cable? I've been
> told that cat5 cable is fine, but obviously the pinout is a little different
> from ordinary Ethernet cable, where the color pattern is the same at both
> ends when the connectors are held side-by-side. I did get a link-active light
> on the hub (MAU?) with a different cable, which had mirror-image color
> patterns, but I don't know if that was really working or only partly working.
> 
>    Even odder, I have a 3Com TokenLink (3c319) which seems to have an RJ11
> jack instead of RJ45.
> 
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:fdJv2KCaqeY:www.emulex.com/ts/ps/manuals/63_ins/ch04p001.htm+token+ring+pinout&hl=en

Mike N



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