Hi all
I'm no networking expert but I've put in a pretty decent home network as a hobby / necessity.
At time of installation 3 years ago, the test I applied to determine cable integrity was to simply plug in my laptop at the various wall sockets, verify I could connect to the internet and check I got the full gigabit connectivity LED on the switch.
I have now puchased a cheap cable tester (that I realise I should have done 3 years ago!) that has flagged up some of my wall sockets have been wired incorrectly (crossed cores). Mainly swapping the white dashed cores with their full colour counterparts. All sockets however show up as full gigabit and enable LAN / WAN connectivity.
I'm pretty certain that some of the cables will not have that much slack left on them so I'm reluctant to reterminate them. If necessary though, I could do this when I get free time.
My question is... if I've currently got LAN / WAN / Gigabit connectivity, should I bother putting the cabling right? Will keeping it in it's current state cause complications in future?
Thanks
I'm no networking expert but I've put in a pretty decent home network as a hobby / necessity.
At time of installation 3 years ago, the test I applied to determine cable integrity was to simply plug in my laptop at the various wall sockets, verify I could connect to the internet and check I got the full gigabit connectivity LED on the switch.
I have now puchased a cheap cable tester (that I realise I should have done 3 years ago!) that has flagged up some of my wall sockets have been wired incorrectly (crossed cores). Mainly swapping the white dashed cores with their full colour counterparts. All sockets however show up as full gigabit and enable LAN / WAN connectivity.
I'm pretty certain that some of the cables will not have that much slack left on them so I'm reluctant to reterminate them. If necessary though, I could do this when I get free time.
My question is... if I've currently got LAN / WAN / Gigabit connectivity, should I bother putting the cabling right? Will keeping it in it's current state cause complications in future?
Thanks