The cables seem to lack certain colors.
The cables seem to lack certain colors.
Prepared for my initial network assignment. I’ve been working with crimped Ethernet cables before, but I just bought a 100m Cat7 outdoor cable. The color codes seem unclear—I’m not sure if white should be white green, white brown, etc., since the photo shows everything as white. Can someone clarify the cable layout for this Cat7 shielded SF/FTP 7FO-010747?
The white sections appear plain without any colored winding around them.
this situation hasn't been seen before, so there might be a mistake. however, it looks reasonable that the colors align with the matching hues they're wrapped or twisted with—white with green means white/green, white with blue means white/blue, and so on.
It's unusual but recently I received a roll of older CAT 6 cable and discovered this arrangement—white cables are bundled with solid colors so they're twisted together. For instance, blue and white cables appear as blue/white. When connecting or terminating, simply use a Sharpie with the right color and mark the white cable to avoid any mix-ups.
The main issue is that CAT 7 cable isn't built for RJ45 connectors. This information comes from the Wikipedia page on GG45.