sharkdizzogg
Technical User
Hello,
I am trying to connect my desktop pc on one side of the room to my router on the other side of the room. To hide the cables I bought a 50 ft cat5e cable from RiteAV on Amazon.com. It was a great deal at $7. I ran the cable from the router, through the wall, over a drop tile ceiling, down the other wall and into a box next to my computer. Before terminating the cable at a jack and setting it into a wallplate I tried connecting it to the computer to make sure it worked. It did but it was slow. The computer is pretty slow though so I thought it would be ok. Having passed the test I cut the plug off the end and wired the cable to the jack using the 568a setup. It didn't work. I wasn't sure which to use so I tried 568b. That didn't work either. I checked the intructions again. It said to make sure that only 1/2 in of the cable is left untwisted. I looked at the wire and none of it was twisted. I tried twisting the pairs together as maybe just the portion I could see was untwisted. It didn't work. I checked the other end of the cable to make sure it was 568b, and it was. I reconnected the cable to the jack probably 6 times before I gave up. I think the cable may not work because it is not twisted. I'm looking for some backup on this hypothesis. It took a fair amount of work to run the wire and I would prefer to not have to do it all over again. Any ideas on why the cable worked when plugged into the computer but not when connected to the jack?
Thank you for the help,
Mike Sharkey
I am trying to connect my desktop pc on one side of the room to my router on the other side of the room. To hide the cables I bought a 50 ft cat5e cable from RiteAV on Amazon.com. It was a great deal at $7. I ran the cable from the router, through the wall, over a drop tile ceiling, down the other wall and into a box next to my computer. Before terminating the cable at a jack and setting it into a wallplate I tried connecting it to the computer to make sure it worked. It did but it was slow. The computer is pretty slow though so I thought it would be ok. Having passed the test I cut the plug off the end and wired the cable to the jack using the 568a setup. It didn't work. I wasn't sure which to use so I tried 568b. That didn't work either. I checked the intructions again. It said to make sure that only 1/2 in of the cable is left untwisted. I looked at the wire and none of it was twisted. I tried twisting the pairs together as maybe just the portion I could see was untwisted. It didn't work. I checked the other end of the cable to make sure it was 568b, and it was. I reconnected the cable to the jack probably 6 times before I gave up. I think the cable may not work because it is not twisted. I'm looking for some backup on this hypothesis. It took a fair amount of work to run the wire and I would prefer to not have to do it all over again. Any ideas on why the cable worked when plugged into the computer but not when connected to the jack?
Thank you for the help,
Mike Sharkey