The order of the pins/colors in the cable runs should be as follows : 1 - White/Orange 2 - Orange 3 - White/Green 4 - Blue 5 - White/Blue 6 - Green 7 - White/Brown 8 - Brown The cable should be held as follows : (while holding the cable in your hand and looking at the end of the connector as if looking down the barrel of a gun) _______________ | | | | | | | | | |8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1| | | | | | | | | | |o o o o o o o o| -----| |----- --- The wall should look as follows : (assuming that you are looking at end that is exposed into the room) _____________________ | _______________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----| |----- | | --- | ----------------------- Note that the pin numbers change from the wall to the "in hand" cable, so that they re-orient themselves when plugged in. There is also a good website that helps explain all this at the following address, which I emailed to you : http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable5.htm