On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Ryan McCoskrie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 March 2010 09:49:26 pm Nick Rout wrote: >> I have run a couple of cat5e cables and I am trying to terminate them, >> unsuccessfully at present. >> > > ... What is your terminating process like? I've done a little for my Dad and > it's dead easy (about half of a room at Lincoln High). Has anyone shown you > how to do it in person? Are you using good parts? >
Thanks for all the replies. I am running single cored cat5e and terminating with RJ45 plugs supplied by DSE with a crimp tool also supplied by DSE, (similar to the T2923 in their current stock.) I have used the same cable, plugs and tool before and got good results. I have now sorted which cable is which via a simple short out a pair and test with ohmmeter at the other end. I know I should be terminating with a socket and then running a short cable to the equipment at each end, but I wanted a quick and dirty until I have time to do it right. It has worked that way before. I have now crimped about 6 plugs on each end of the cable and it simply does not work when plugged into the router at one end and a computer at the other. I bought a cheap pair of reading glasses at the warehouse so I could see what I was doing. Yes I am using the same pattern (T568B) on each end and I can almost recite the order of the colours in my sleep. (ow,o,gw,b,bw,g,bw,b), http://www.swhowto.com/CAT5_Ch1.htm Having now cross-examined the cable layer (she who must be skinny enough to crawl under the house) I suspect the cable may have been damaged going around some brick work and needing a damn good tug at some points. She has "volunteered" to try again [1], luckily we have plenty of cable. I will report back in due course. [1] partially, I suspect, because the cable across the living room floor has low aesthetic quality.
