[Gllug] wanted to borrow: cable tester

[Chris Bell]

On Wed 05 Mar, Steve Cobrin wrote:
> 
> I've just been laying a CAT5 cable from the bottom to the top of the 
> house. The cable extends from plug into my hub next to my desk to a 
> maplins/connectix CAT5E Module UW17 (socket), where I plug in a 
> standard drop cable to a laptop. Unfortunately it doesn't work :-(
> I've tried also plugging into the cross-over socket on the hub.
> 
> If possible I'd like to borrow a cable tester, to check whether I've 
> just got some of the wires the wrong way round or not. I'd only need to 
> borrow the tester for an hour. I'm located in North London, Whetstone
> 
>  -- Steve
> 
   Beware, there are at least 3 different pin connections for different uses
of RJ45 connectors, and the fittings are often supplied with different
connection diagrams. We use 568B, and the two central pairs appear to be out
of sequence.

-- 
Chris Bell


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