> >What else can anyone think of. > > Hmmm... You've got an RJ45 on plug crimped on one end and > a wall plate socket on the other?
Yes > What kind of cable did you use, solid or stranded? How do I find out? > Patch and fly leads are normally made of stranded cable. > Cat5 for permanant wiring (the stuff in the 300 metre > boxes) is solid cable. Patch is premade cat 6 straight through. The permanent wire is Cat 5e. > They have different RJ45 crimp connectors. The ends of > the metallic contacts that bite into the strands of the > cable when you crimp it are different - this on-line shop > shows the differences > http://www.homestead.co.uk/amp45.htm. Dick Smiths only > sell the connectors for stranded cable. Last time I > wanted some RJ45s for solid cable I had to get them off a > commercial supplier. The guy at DSE never told me that! > Conversly, I don't know how well using stranded cable in a > wall plate socket is going to work either. Something's not working anyhow *sigh* Yuri
