does anybody know the color order for the wires in cat5 connected rj45?

Also, I do not have a tester. I'm wondering if when I plug the cable into the computer, I should see the green light light up. If it doesn't the connector is bad, is this right?

There is no particular color order...just make sure the order on each end matches for straight through, exact opposites for cross-over. The light wil be green if there is a connection.

Category 5 cables can be purchased or crimped as either straight-through or crossed. A Category 5 cable has 8 thin, color-coded wires inside that run from one end of the cable to the other. Only wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 are used by Ethernet networks for communication. Although only four wires are used, if the cable has 8 wires, all the wires have to be connected in both jacks. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub. Crossed cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub (there is an exception: some hubs have a built-in uplink port that is crossed internally, which allows you to uplink hubs together with a straight cable instead). In a straight-through cable, wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of the cable are also wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at the other end. In a crossed cable, the order of the wires change from one end to the other: wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6. To figure out which wire is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the end of the plastic RJ-45 tip (the part that goes into a wall jack first) is facing away from you. Flip the clip so that the copper side faces up (the springy clip will now be parallel to the floor). When looking down on the coppers, wire 1 will be on the far left. Hope that helped.

If you want some more info. the international standard for the colours for a straight through cable are from pin 1 to 8, White/Orange; Orange; White/Green; Blue; White/Blue; Green; White/Brown; Brown. Have fun Chris E

i do this a lot.Here is the color codes: white orange, orange, white green, blue, white blue, green ,white brown, brown.......that is for regular patch cable if you are connecting to a hub or router. now the crossover is a little bit diiferent.One side of the cable should be exactly like the patch cabling color. the other side goes somthing like this: white green, green, white orange, blue, white blue, orange, white brown, brown......make sure you start from left to right with the plastic clip facing down.Then cut all the wire straight and even.make sure you got the PVC part of the cable in the clip a little too.Then using a crimping tool just put it in and squeeze the handle. there ya go.

Try this picture.