[PLUG] Cat 5e resolved

[Fred James]

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