[PLUG] Cat 5e resolved
Fred James
fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net
Sat Oct 11 04:11:50 UTC 2008
Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:
> All,
>
> Thank each of you for the education you have given me. Between the
> ASCII art and the explanations, I have learned enough to make it work.
>
> I stopped by Home Depot on the way home from work, purchased another cat
> 5e "jack" (instead of plug that I was referencing it as) and a triple
> wall plate.
>
> I now have separate runs to each place, fed from the router. What I
> don't understand is why one termination point did not work when they
> were all spliced together. It doesn't matter anymore, just curious.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bruce
>
Bruce KIlpatrick
I may be stretching my memory, but didn't you say you had cut a length
of wire for each leg of the run?
From that I assume you "punched" the wires down at each terminus and
juncture, in such a way that at some juncture(s) there might have been
two (or more) sets of wire punched down on top of each other?
Or was the connection/extension done with with those crimp devices?
Yes, that's probably what you did say, now that I think of it.
No matter - either way is quite iffy. Iffy enough that it doesn't
always work in telco, and really iffy in cat5
So that junction (splice?) is the probable cause.
One would need a Cat5 testing set to actually see the problem - they
usually have some sort of readout or display that tells that sort of
thing. Some of them will print you a nice report.
Regards
Fred James
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