| Some help wiring up some CAT 5E.... - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| bw54867 |
So I'm trying to wire up wall outlets for my lan, its already been prewired throughout the house.
The wire coming out of the walls is Cat 5E but the strands are not conventional colors like green/white green,blue/white blue etc. instead they are 8 strands of solid colors with no striped wires.
Anyone know how I can wire this cable up to the jack? I can't seem to find any color codes for this wire on the net.
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| dtjohnst |
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Originally posted by bw54867
So I'm trying to wire up wall outlets for my lan, its already been prewired throughout the house.
The wire coming out of the walls is Cat 5E but the strands are not conventional colors like green/white green,blue/white blue etc. instead they are 8 strands of solid colors with no striped wires.
Anyone know how I can wire this cable up to the jack? I can't seem to find any color codes for this wire on the net.
Thanks
Check the other end and dupicate it for straight through cables. If you need crossovers, it'll be more complicated. |
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| STiPWR |
Im sure "workinprogress" will do it for a price.
He sorted out my Cat5 in my house. |
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| will there be a wall jack on both ends of the cable, or only on one side with a RJ45 plug on the other, because that will make a difference. |
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| sparkycivic |
you gotta get the pairs together, wiring it blind pin-for-pin will look the same on the wire mapper, but it won't work well...
find the twisted pairs, and lay them out like this:
1\
2/
3 -- \
4\ \
5/ /
6 -- /
7\
8/
There's a spec for all-solid colors somewhere... i'll look for the link and edit it into here... that should be simpler than trying to figure out my diagram , lol. |
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| n0c7 |
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Originally posted by STiPWR
Im sure "workinprogress" will do it for a price.
He sorted out my Cat5 in my house.
Wasn't it me? :dunno:
And as for the original question, as long as you match the same colors on both ends you'll be fine. They are all identical gauge and the devices do not know the difference. If you tell me the colors I may be able to find out what standard it is or if you're looking for someone to do it I could take care of it for you. |
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| STiPWR |
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Originally posted by n0c7
Wasn't it me? :dunno:
And as for the original question, as long as you match the same colors on both ends you'll be fine. They are all identical gauge and the devices do not know the difference. If you tell me the colors I may be able to find out what standard it is or if you're looking for someone to do it I could take care of it for you.
Yeah, you wired it up too... lol but Rob had to come and sort some things out.... wireless not working etc etc.
That and I havnt seen you on here for a while... as Rob is a post whore. |
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| n0c7 |
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Originally posted by STiPWR
Yeah, you wired it up too... lol but Rob had to come and sort some things out.... wireless not working etc etc.
That and I havnt seen you on here for a while... as Rob is a post whore.
Shoulda given me a call Aaron, I told you that if you had any issues I would gladly fix it up. Hopefully you had no issues with the wiring. Wireless is a touchy issue at the best of times. |
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| dtjohnst |
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Originally posted by sparkycivic
you gotta get the pairs together, wiring it blind pin-for-pin will look the same on the wire mapper, but it won't work well...
find the twisted pairs, and lay them out like this:
1\
2/
3 -- \
4\ \
5/ /
6 -- /
7\
8/
There's a spec for all-solid colors somewhere... i'll look for the link and edit it into here... that should be simpler than trying to figure out my diagram , lol.
huh? How will it not "work well" if you wire it pin-for-pin? It HAS to be the same on both ends for it to work (unless it's crossover but that's why I said it'd be trickier). Wiring it pin-for-pin is the ONLY way to guarantee they're wired correctly. The alternative is to HOPE the guy who initially did it wires according to spec. But then the question becomes did he use 568A or 568B? The only way to know is to look at the other end, and while you've got it out you can skip the guesswork and wire pin-for-pin. |
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| bw54867 |
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will there be a wall jack on both ends of the cable, or only on one side with a RJ45 plug on the other, because that will make a difference.
Just a wall jack on one end of the cable and the other cable is going right into a router. |
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| bw54867 |
So i'm going to go ahead and try pinning it pin to pin, there are no crossovers so I think i should be fine.
Thanks! |
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| dtjohnst |
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Originally posted by bw54867
So i'm going to go ahead and try pinning it pin to pin, there are no crossovers so I think i should be fine.
Thanks!
If there's no cross-overs, you're good to go. And if they all go into a router, you won't need any crossovers. |
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| WorkInProgress |
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Originally posted by n0c7
Shoulda given me a call Aaron, I told you that if you had any issues I would gladly fix it up. Hopefully you had no issues with the wiring. Wireless is a touchy issue at the best of times.
I also live across the street from Aaron.
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| WorkInProgress |
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Originally posted by bw54867
So i'm going to go ahead and try pinning it pin to pin, there are no crossovers so I think i should be fine.
Thanks!
Must not be a very big LAN if you're going directly into a router? Wouldn't it make more sense to go into a 10/100/1000 switch? Most switches these days are auto-switching as well, so if you do happen to wire up one or two crossovers accidentally (if you don't have proper wire testers) the switch would sort it out for you anyways... |
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