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Is there an standard convention for the order of the wires in a Cat 5 cable when applying an RJ-45 connector and for hard-wiring to a surface mount wall plate?

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by tocolote

Yes & no. LAN wiring and phone wiring are 2 different animals.
What kind of wiring are you doing.
Is this for home use or for business.
If it's for a switch, what kind (brand name, telephone/ethernet/etc).

1 white/orange
2 orange/white
3 white/green
4 blue/white
5 white/blue
6 green/white
7 white/brown
8 brown/white

the first color is the predominate color of that wire.

Buy good tools don't use cheap materials/ tools or you will be redoing the wiring in a year.

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