Submitted 3 weeks ago by 
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Green stripe, green, orange stripe, blue, blue stripe orange, brown stripe, brown, upvote.
And the savages who use orange stripe, orange, green stripe, blue, blue stripe, green, brown stripe, brown, downvote.
Post below for the slapfight.
568B or nothing at all.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago Bah. People like you are why tamper resistant outlets are a thing.
To be honest, I have no preference, I just followed whatever order guide was on my crimper. Didn’t seem to matter.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago Practically it doesn’t matter. I use type A because I memorized that order and it’s never caused a problem so I stuck with it.
It’s kind of a weird joke that type A and B exist at all. Both work. Neither solve a problem the other couldn’t.
Crimp both ends the same and it’s fine.
There is a reason they exist. It called crossover cables from the days before Auto MID-X.
The days before 100Mb NICs you had to crossover somewhere for connecting 2 like devices otherwise both devices would tx and Rx on the same pins.
I used a little self motivator to memorize B. “If you’re blue inside, it ends in shit.” That puts solid brown at the end, and keeps straight the blue/green pairs in the middle.
568C (the C is for chaos)
Wire in whatever way they fall in by themselves.
Then rewire the pins on the NICs so they can communicate.
It’s not so bad once you level up your soldering skills.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago I hate soldering. I’m somehow better at welding than soldering.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago I use B but not for any particular reason other than it was what was used to teach me to crimp.
TIL I’m a savage lol
B or death.
So long as my mortal body can pull drops, it will be B. Or you’re fired.
Meh, I kinda randomly decide whenever I make a run. I’d say most of my cable runs are A, but I definitely have a bunch of B too.
Just depends on how I’m feeling that day.
Yeah, that’s fine too. I’m being facetious, I don’t actually care that much. I just know B at this point, 30 years later.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago So at this point I’m calling it. The Bs have it.
But now I’m curious. Why was the bias that strong? I figured it would be more or less even for something as inconsequential as A vs B. So why the strong bias toward the second option?
Haha, I don’t really know, it just seems easier to remember.
I learned B I 2002. I can make either but have to really think about A while I’m making it.
Over the distance I’m running cables (about 60 feet total for the longest runs) it really doesn’t matter. I’m running fiber for anything beyond gigabit anyway so I say aquamarine, violet, and lime green for lyfe.
I’ve been using B for so long it’s just muscle memory at this point. No real reason beyond my NCO saying it was the right way.
Screw your standards, I’ll lay the cables in whatever order I like; it’s my ethernet cable after all. 😤
Get him! Kill the non-believer! Your rabbit god is ridiculous in the face of our duck god!
That got a knowing nod and a chuckle out of me.