Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: cat6 cabling in new house 4May 31, 2008 10:56 am Thanks guys
I am currently using the laptop at my current place with the switch abd it works fine. All th patch leads are ok as well. When I test them I plug the switch in, patch the six points from the wall plate (RJ45) in the study (Place in which the cabling returns) to the switch with straight .50cm patch cables then I walked around house and plugged laptop into each data point throughout the house with another straight cat cable. I get no lights on the laptop LAN port which I would expect at this stage. Am I doing something wrong or does it sound like faulty installation or termination of the lan cables Re: cat6 cabling in new house 5May 31, 2008 11:07 am stevec Thanks guys I am currently using the laptop at my current place with the switch abd it works fine. All th patch leads are ok as well. When I test them I plug the switch in, patch the six points from the wall plate (RJ45) in the study (Place in which the cabling returns) to the switch with straight .50cm patch cables then I walked around house and plugged laptop into each data point throughout the house with another straight cat cable. I get no lights on the laptop LAN port which I would expect at this stage. Am I doing something wrong or does it sound like faulty installation or termination of the lan cables No you’re not doing anything wrong, and yes you’re correct that procedure should work. It sounds like it could be a wiring/termination problem. Re: cat6 cabling in new house 6May 31, 2008 6:23 pm Yep - sounds like they've terminated the wrong colours on the wrong pins. Ask them to come back with a tester and request a print out of each run - certified and tested to the cat6 standard.
Steve Re: cat6 cabling in new house 7Jun 01, 2008 5:15 pm The other problem is that the insulators doing the roof install could of stepped on or pulled cables and broken them. Sometimes the cable clips used to tie down the cables can break them as well. (Elec's usually use the same clips that hold power cable which is designed to fit that profile) Re: cat6 cabling in new house 8Jun 02, 2008 7:04 am It is most likely that Steve has hit the nail on the head.
Terminating Cat6 is different to Cat5/Cat5E - even the actual sockets are different (even though they are both 4 pairs to RJ45). It could be that the tradie either accidentally used the wrong socket type, or terminated them like Cat5, or both... Yes well there solution is to blame everyone else while I a 65yr old woman with major medical problems have to just continue to boil water and wash myself in a bucket… 2 16005 If you make sure all taps inside and out are turned off, what does the water meter show if you leave it for a while. 2 20235 13 6632 |