Hello,
I recently installed a new run of Cat6 in my home, from my router to the living room. In the living room I put in an outlet for the network cable.
At first I assumed I could put a RJ45 end on the Cat6 cable. However, the cable is solid (not stranded), and the RJ45 plugs I bought don't fit on the cable. I considered my options, such as a patch panel. I decided against that, and just for a quick and dirty solution, bought another keystone, and wired that to the other end of the cable.
I tested the cable, and the cable tested out fine. However, my desktop would not show any link on the cable. I test it again. Cable is good.
At this point my wife suggests I try a different computer. Did I listen? Of course not. I keep testing the cable, trying different patch cables, re-installing the NIC driver, etc. I waste a lot of time.
I eventually do try a different computer. I hooked my laptop to the cable, and it connected immediately. I should have listened to my wife in the first place.
While I was trying to figure out why my desktop would not connect, one thing I tried was to wire the main cable run (between the keystones) as a cross over. When I hooked my laptop to the cable and it worked, the cable was wired as a cross over. I have since put a switch in the living room, and have both the desktop and the laptop are wired up, and even the desktop connects (the desktop is wired to the switch with a cat5e cable).
Now for my actual questions:
1. It is coincidence that the main cable run is wired as a cross over. However, it works. Should I have wired the main run between the keystones as a cross over from the start?
2. Since I know the NIC on my desktop is good (as it is connects when plugged into the switch), and I know the cable run is good, as I can hook a cat6 patch cable between the outlet and the laptop, and it works, what are some possible explanations as to why the desktop wont connect over the cat6 patch cable?
Mobo: Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, NIC controller: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
Thanks!
-Jose
I recently installed a new run of Cat6 in my home, from my router to the living room. In the living room I put in an outlet for the network cable.
At first I assumed I could put a RJ45 end on the Cat6 cable. However, the cable is solid (not stranded), and the RJ45 plugs I bought don't fit on the cable. I considered my options, such as a patch panel. I decided against that, and just for a quick and dirty solution, bought another keystone, and wired that to the other end of the cable.
I tested the cable, and the cable tested out fine. However, my desktop would not show any link on the cable. I test it again. Cable is good.
At this point my wife suggests I try a different computer. Did I listen? Of course not. I keep testing the cable, trying different patch cables, re-installing the NIC driver, etc. I waste a lot of time.
I eventually do try a different computer. I hooked my laptop to the cable, and it connected immediately. I should have listened to my wife in the first place.
While I was trying to figure out why my desktop would not connect, one thing I tried was to wire the main cable run (between the keystones) as a cross over. When I hooked my laptop to the cable and it worked, the cable was wired as a cross over. I have since put a switch in the living room, and have both the desktop and the laptop are wired up, and even the desktop connects (the desktop is wired to the switch with a cat5e cable).
Now for my actual questions:
1. It is coincidence that the main cable run is wired as a cross over. However, it works. Should I have wired the main run between the keystones as a cross over from the start?
2. Since I know the NIC on my desktop is good (as it is connects when plugged into the switch), and I know the cable run is good, as I can hook a cat6 patch cable between the outlet and the laptop, and it works, what are some possible explanations as to why the desktop wont connect over the cat6 patch cable?
Mobo: Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, NIC controller: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
Thanks!
-Jose