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Should I wire the cable as T568A or T568B?

Either scheme can be used with normal four-pair Ethernet cabling. What matters is that a particular run is terminated consistently at both ends.

If one end is T568B, make the other end T568B; likewise for T568A. Consistency also makes later fault-finding considerably less archaeological.

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