Help Punching CAT5E

[Hyper]

Hi All,

I am in the middle of rewiring my house and have ran network cables to each room and plan on terminating them into a patch panel in the loft.

I have bought faceplates and RJ45 modules for each room and a 8 port patch panel for the loft, I am about to punch the cables into the modules and patch panel but I am bit confused as to what order they go in.

I have taken pictures of each item, could anyone help me make some sense of them before I make a start;

Instructions that came with modules,

Back of patch panel,

Back of modules,

Sorry if I sound like a complete novice but this is my first time doing this,

Any advice would be great,

Thanks, Sam

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Pin 1 - Orange, White
Pin 2 - Orange
Pin 3 - Green, White
Pin 4 - Blue
Pin 5 - Blue, White
Pin 6 - Green
Pin 7 - Brown, White
Pin 8 - Brown

T568B - Jacks (Follow)

 

[divuk83]

Get a cable tester if you haven't already got one. A cheap one for about £4 from the rainforest store will do and it will save you a lot of time and hassle.

Dave

 

[Hyper]

Pin 1 - Orange, White
Pin 2 - Orange
Pin 3 - Green, White
Pin 4 - Blue
Pin 5 - Blue, White
Pin 6 - Green
Pin 7 - Brown, White
Pin 8 - Brown

T568B - Jacks (Follow)

Thanks for that,

This might sound stupid but from the picture of the jack do you work down or across for 1 to 8,

For Example;
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8

Or;
1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8

Or am i totally getting mixed up?

Thanks again, Sam

 

[Hyper]

I have purchased one of those cheap cable testers that split in half so you can test at each end of the cable.

 

[bremen1874]

Don't they all have numbers printed on them?

 

[Hyper]

Don't they all have numbers printed on them?

No, thats where the confusion sets in

 

[bremen1874]

No, thats where the confusion sets in

They're clearly numbered in your pictures.

 

[Hyper]

They're clearly numbered in your pictures.

The patch panel is numbered, thats not the problem, its the modules.

 

[bremen1874]

The patch panel is numbered, thats not the problem, its the modules.

In your picture of the rear of the module there are numbers on the paper sticker. They're also colour coded, you just need to follow the 'b' option.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Sam look at the picture of the module. Pin 1 punch down Orange, White. Pin 2 punch down Orange, Pin 3 punch down Green, White e.t.c e.t.c

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[Hyper]

Thanks for that mrbell,

I think it was just the A and B configuration that was confusing me a bit

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Thanks for that mrbell,

I think it was just the A and B configuration that was confusing me a bit

B configuration.

 

[Hyper]

Any idea what the bit of plastic sticking out the top of the keystone module (to the right on the picture) is for before I snap it off

Thanks, Sam

 

[bremen1874]

It's probably to cable tie the cable to for strain relief.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

It's probably to cable tie the cable to for strain relief.

Yep, you can cut it off if you wish but it's a cable tie.

 

[Hyper]

Ahh okay,

Sorry to be a pain, mrbell, the second picture you posted of the back of the patch panel doesnt match up with what you posted earlier,

Pin 1 - Orange, White
Pin 2 - Orange
Pin 3 - Green, White
Pin 4 - Blue
Pin 5 - Blue, White
Pin 6 - Green
Pin 7 - Brown, White
Pin 8 - Brown

The top three dont look correct,

No doubt I am wrong

 

[Deleted member 77746]

SNIP

oops! Corrected for you for future reference. That is better!

 

[Hyper]

Thanks a lot!

Will save them on my phone so I cant go wrong (hopefully) this weekend

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Thanks a lot!

Will save them on my phone so I cant go wrong (hopefully) this weekend

I will let you on a little secret.......

when you make them it doesn't really matter what colours you use as long as each pin out is the same colour at each end to make a straight through cable.