RJ45 is a type of connector that is primarily used for networking purposes. The RJ in RJ45 stands for Registered Jack due to the fact that it is a standardized connector. Every RJ45 Connector has 8 pins and 8 separate wires.
RJ45 Wiring Schemes
RJ45 has two different wiring standards, T-568A and T-568B. The difference is in the way that they are wired. Here is what the wires mean:
T-568A
- White/Green (Receive +)
- Green (Receive -)
- White/Orange (Transmit +)
- Blue
- White/Blue
- Orange (Transmit -)
- White/Brown
- Brown
T-568B
- White/Orange (Transmit +)
- Orange (Transmit -)
- White/Green (Receive +)
- Blue
- White/Blue
- Green (Receive -)
- White/Brown
- Brown
