AWWWWW CRAPFACE!!!

[Moltres]

I am new to network wiring. I had my house wired buy couldn't get 5 different network companies to terminate the ends and set up a rack, etc., so I did it myself. Went around the room and marked the port number on the cables and the faceplate. Matched them to number jacks on the patch panel. Finished the keystone jacks in the wall and patch panel on a wallmount rack. I have a Dell PowerConnect 2324 Giga Switch. I ran cables from the panel to the switch. The switch is hooked to a broadband router and then to a cable modem. I tried my laptop on the internet on all 13 outlets but 3 didn't work. I used a network tester and basically found the problems with the 3. I also found that I wired pin 7 and 8 reversed on every wall jack, but correctly on the patch panel. The internet connection works and the laptop can communicate with the servers that are connected directly to the switch.

So, are pins 7 and 8 not used? Everything is still using 100Mbps connections, but will be gigabit when the NICs arrive. Are pins 7 and 8 used just for gigabit? Is the switch smart enough to unscramble the mess or will I be redoing the wires?

 

[ScottMac]

GigE uses all four pair, and they will have to be wired properly (reversing polarity on one pair will really screw things up).

Did you make your own jumpers or did you buy them pre-assembled?

edit: .... and you *DID* maintain the twist all the way up to the punch, didn't you?

Good Luck

Scott

 

[coolred]

I have nothing useful to post, but your title just made me laugh, hope you get it fixed though.

 

[spidey07]

well, you have a basic tester. That will help a ton.

just reverse the polarity on pins 7/8 (just swap the two wires on one end) and you'll be all set.

 

[mcveigh]

cat6 is hard to do by hand I've never made a cable that meets cat6 by hand, I've had to always buy them. cat5 is easy.