Round 2.... I originally used the info at this site http://www.alatec.com/info/rj45.html to connect the RJ45 clips. Turns out I used the B standard instead of the A standard, but that should have still worked in the uplink port on my switch. So, my next step was to pull off the wall plates and see how the drops were run. Well, wouldn't ya know, they appear to be wired slightly differently, or I mis-read the guide (looking at it now, I think that particular site makes it easy to get it wrong...)
The wall jacks were wired as follows: 1. Green 2. White/Green 3. White/Orange 4. White/Blue 5. Blue 6. Orange 7. Brown 8. White/Brown These are connected to what appear to be pre-wired jacks - the type where you just lay down the wires, and snap the jack shut allowing the jack itself to pierce the insulator and make a connection. So maybe the jack is just wired odd. Regardless, when I wired the basement with the above pattern, I was able to get a connection through my switch - for the wrong room of course. Turns out my room is wired with grey Cat5e, and the other bedrooms are wired with blue Cat5e. So now I have a bundle of 7 grey cables in the basement, and no clue which one corresponds to my room. To make matters worse, I suspect at least half those cables are phone lines, not data lines. Of course, none are labeled. Anyone know how I can get my hands on a tone generator and probe for a couple hours? (sheez... all this just so I can move a couple of servers out of my room and into the basement, so I can have some quiet at night... <grins>) Shawn > On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:08:22 -0600, Dave Lee wrote > > > Scott McNab wrote: > > > Hopefully they used Cat6 or better for Gig networks. Cat5 for up to > > > 100. > > > > Cat5e can also be used for gigabit networks. > > > > Dave _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
