Thanks Raimundas. I might have access to a tone generator at work (doh! forgot about that when I posted earlier). But if not, I think the loopback plug idea might do the trick. We have a couple of multimeters in the house to help with this.
I think next month I will invest in some of this specialized equipment - thus far, I have a BIX punch, and a RJ45/RJ11 crimper. A tone generator may be expensive (approx $130 as I've seen thus far), but would save a great deal of grief. Thanks all for the responses and "moral support". Shawn On Monday 05 July 2004 23:50, Raimundas wrote: > Hi Shawn, > > I have some good and some bad news for you. > 1) You connection of jacks following the B standard was > a success!!! Now you have all the lines straight (not cross-over) > connected to your wall outlets. > 2)Big mess in the cabling is somehow bad news :( > 3)Another bad news - I do not have a UTP line tester, or else > I would pleasantly lend it to you. > 4)I have a solution replacing the UTP line tester. In my previous follow-up > to your message I explained how to make a loopback connector for > an UTP socket. This super-simple device and an ordinary Ohmmeter > might be helpful in resolving all you cabling mess. In case you need > some help, I could assist you on weekend. > > Ray > > Shawn wrote: > >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 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
