Hi Derrick,
The auto-sense business just deals with accepting straight-thru or
cross-over cables - in the old days, you had to use the correct cable.
Nowadays, routers don't care. I'm not yet convinced of Carl's "probable"
solution, not over 5 meters of wire! I shall have to make another cable like
that, just to test!
If I decide to make my own tester, it will have to detect the kind of
problem I've been talking about. Some kind of frequency sweep arrangement,
to look for maximum cross-talk in each pair?
Just reading the manual: it says it checks TIA-568A&B cables - no, it
doesn't!
Regards,
Richard.be
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Cat 5 cable
Hi Richard,
<snip>
The router is able to "Auto sense" the cable wiring and swap over the
connections for itself.
I guess I'll give back the tester - another shop has them for $35!
Why not just make your own tester ? Two sockets, four LED's, four
resistors and a PP3 battery. Plus a plastic box to put it all in !!
Mine cost less than a couple of quid and about an hour to make. The
wife hasn't discovered the missing watch case yet ! Its been a fair
while though !!
Regards,
Richard.be
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
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