Cat5 Cabling expert required.

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Tdh1987

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I've currently been wiring up my house with Cat5e, as I'm fed up of wireless networking just not simply working correctly.

Now I've got:
305m (or feet can't remember) of 4 pair, solid core UTP Cat5e cable.
RJ45 Cat 5e Unshielded network connectors (For use on stranded twisted pair.
Some coloured boots
Some Crimpers and strippers.

Now I've got the wires in the correct place and I've crimped the conectors on, but when I connected everything to the central switch I don't get a connection.

Do you think it's because I've bought connectors for stranded cable, rather than solid core cable? I've tried forcing the crimps as hard as possible.

Hopefully its due to the connectors, because then all I'll have to do is buy and put on the correct ones on.

Or could it be something else?

Thanks for reading.
 
I've run 2 cables, one approximately 15 metres and the other 30 metres.

I wired them up as straight cables using the configuration you mentioned. I really hope it is the connectors at fault otherwise I'll have wasted my time.
 
I'm not using a patch panel, each pc is wired to the switch with only 1 run of cable each, there are no ethernet wall sockets involved either.

Hope that helps
 
Get no lights, not even a blink.

It says on the packet of connector for use with stranded, twisted pair. The cable I'm using is solid core twisted pair.
 
I did make a short patch cable using the tools mentioned above, and that also didn't work. This cable was only about 20 ft long.
 
Thats right, no link light. I've made cables in college before, and they worked fine. I've made 3 at home and neither work, grrr
 
I've just taken the outer sleaving off the test cable I made and I managed to pull 4 out of 8 of the inner cables out the connector.

I don't think the connectors are biting into the solid core cable correctly.
 
I picked up the RJ45 connectors designed for solid core cable, crimped them on and all is well.

Thanks for all you help
 
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