Reply to post: Re: Live Printer

No, working in IT does not mean you can fix anything with a soldering iron

Jou (Mxyzptlk) Silver badge

Re: Live Printer

>I can’t wire cat 5 leads the orange and green look the same

Doesn't matter for Gigabit Ethernet, it can handle this by design. Same for all follow-up standards over copper. But there is one exception though: PoE is a bit picky on that. 48V on the wrong wire is no good. LUCKLY today's PoE switches all have PoE auto-detect, so it wouldn't kill your equipment. But it would not power them when wired wrong :D.

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