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Has anyone ever seen an Ethernet cord with these colors?

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Unread post20 Feb 2012, 17:09

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Flat cable is flat. Looks like ISDN.
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Someone at the university said that Cray computers used to mark cables like this so that no one could reverse engineer the pairs, but I don't know if I believe that. It functions just fine to connect devices at very short ranges, kind of enjoy it as it bridges a port on my router to a switch.
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Ethernet is colorblind.
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woody wrote:Ethernet is colorblind.

Yes I know, which is why I was suspicious.
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