Dear Peter,
Although it does get confusing, it won't really matter whether it’s T568A or T568B as long as it is THE SAME pinout on BOTH ends. The laptop will run perfectly on both. I feel your pain about re-termination of 44 jacks (I assume, you meant to say 22 jacks and 22 patch panel ports), however, if you used T568B on the panel and T568A on the jacks, you HAVE TO go back and re-terminate either panel or jacks. It might be much easier to re-terminate the panel, unless you cannot easily access behind it, so I would start with the panel and check if it has color code inserts for both pin layouts. Leviton CAT5 or GigaMax panels can be used for both A and B.
Ethernet crossover cord actually converts T568A into T568B, but you do not really want to get into this, it will be a total nightmare to manage this system. The user will surely add some straight-through cables into the mix without knowing, and you will end up chasing problems all the time.
Analog phone would work in any combination of layouts, right or wrong, because pair #1 (blue) is at the same place in both.
Sincerely,
Dmitri Abaimov, RCDD
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