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| Thread ID: 103597 | 2009-09-29 07:47:00 | New Network Cable Connection issue | berryb (99) | Press F1 |
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| 815166 | 2009-09-29 07:47:00 | Have run two Cat 6 cables about 30m. Using keystones at both ends and wall mount block. Connected all and tested fine (using cable tester). Patch lead both ends, one to a server and other into a switch. NIC on server shows as unplugged. Then tested cable including the patch leads and shows all 4 pairs OK but still nothing on the NIC. Took out the keystones and plugged a rj45 plug on the cable and NIC now detects the cable and connects to the network. I assume at this stage the keystones must be faulty but anyone know why they would test OK? It's not a switch or server issue. |
berryb (99) | ||
| 815167 | 2009-09-30 06:22:00 | What wiring codes did you use on the 30 Mtr cables A or B | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 815168 | 2009-09-30 21:10:00 | Using A but surely even if I used A or B or whatever as long as the same colour is in the correct pin/slot and it tests OK it should work? | berryb (99) | ||
| 815169 | 2009-09-30 21:54:00 | Depends on the network cable tester. Some are just a continuity test and are just to make sure the pin1 at one end goes to the correct pin at the other end and so on. Just because all the pins are wired correctly doesn't mean that the cable will always work. You can get cable testers that will actually transmit some data on the cable to make sure that it is running at spec (cat5e, cat6 etc) They can even tell you if a wire is broken and where along the cable the break is. |
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