[PLUG] Cat 5e wiring
Bruce KIlpatrick
bakilpatrick at verizon.net
Fri Oct 10 02:28:44 UTC 2008
m0gely wrote:
> Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I am trying to run cat 5 cable from my router to two other rooms. I
>> have the wire pulled, spliced together, and am having trouble making
>> both cables work. I have tried resplicing, new wire, and new ends for
>> the wall plates.
>>
>> I realize this isn't Linux related (except I run Linux in my house).
>> Email me off list or on...just looking for some pointers. Google turned
>> up lots of books for sale.
>>
>> What trick of the trade am I missing here?
>>
>
> Tell us how you're wiring the plugs. What color patter are you using
> with the copper facing you and the plug pointed up? This is how you want
> to do it:
>
> http://www.peakelec.co.uk/art/8wirepatch.gif
>
> Basically, pins 1 & 2, 3 & 6 are used and the rest not.
>
>
Bedroom A has the modem and router. I wired a dual plate for telephone
and cat 5. Bedroom B (on the other side of the wall) I wired the same
with a wire through the wall. My research showed two wiring
possibilities for cat 5 (A & B). B seemed to be compatible with most
anything I could buy at the store, so I went with that. The original
install through the wall A to B worked no problem for several months.
I then added a wire up through the wall, across the attic, and down
another wall in the living room. Wired exactly the same. This is where
things went downhill.
Bedroom A works as a feed point and the living room outlet work when
hooked to my laptop. Each time I have respliced, replaced wire, or
replaced the plug at the end, bedroom B doesn't work.
I have all eight wires poked down into the plug per the color code on
the side of the plug. I bought Leviton plugs and wall plates at Home
Depot. The through the wall wire is appx. 2' long. The living room is
about 60' of wire away.
Bruce
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