I have access to a toner and wand...but I woud need to accompany it as I need to sign it out. Likely only time I could help ya out is Friday night or Saturday some time...or if you want to drop your house off at my apartment...LOL
Let me know! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Shawn > Sent: July 5, 2004 11:20 PM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] OT: Network Wiring > > > 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
