Ethernet cables not appearing to work in lounge....

Soldato
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I’ve seen the picture from the email notification I received. From what I can see it’s wired incorrectly. They need chopping off and replacing with the wires in the order shown in the link I provided above.

Don’t use electricians for network wiring.

What he’s done will checkout with a basic network tester. It would probably also work with very short cables.

There should be a pair connected to the centre two pins. Then another pair split so that goes either side of centre. Finally one pair to each side.
 
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green and blue are in the wrong place. it should be white/orange > orange > white/green > blue > white/blue > green > white/brown > brown
 
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If you are going to crimp your own plugs on try and get the jacket under the cable clamp.

If it’s solid core cable you also have the option of putting faceplates on.
 
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A cable miswired as that one is will pass a basic continuity test as the correct pins are connected to each other.

The cable will fail because two of the pairs have been split.
 
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