Question regarding wiring socket up to switch...

GinG · 2 Aug 2017 at 07:45

Morning All,

Our wifi in the house is terrible and our TV in the bedroom struggles when watching HD on Amazon.

I have a Switch located in the loft and want to connect the TV to this. So the order will be:

TV > Wall Socket > Switch

The TV will be connected to the wall socket with a Patch cable (obvs!) the wall socket will be wired up as per normal, however the wire from the back of the socket will need to a RJ45 end clipped on. Do I wire as per a normal patch cable or do I copy the wire order on the back of the socket?

Hope this makes sense!

GinG · 2 Aug 2017 at 12:27

bledd said:
568B is used 99.9% of the time. Your wall socket should be the same, upload a photo of it if you like.

http://blog.showmecables.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RJ45-Pinout-T568B.jpg

This is a typical module.. note the pin numbers.. -the orientation of the pins usually follows this pattern.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1...0.1452088610.1280.1280_large.jpg?v=1485360045

Thanks for the reply Bledd. Below is the socket I am using for the bedroom as it also has the ariel point integrated. It has thrown me a little bit with the fact it starts with 2...is this correct?!

Thanks

GinG · 2 Aug 2017 at 13:18

It cost me £1.99 and shipped from China!

Also I do think it is also tool less.

I will ignore the diagram on the socket and go with the White/Orange, Orange etc.

Thanks!

GinG · 2 Aug 2017 at 14:04

bremen1874 said:
Don't ignore the label unless you've proved it to be wrong.

It isn't unusual for numbering on sockets to be a bit strange.

Just follow the colours along the bottom row labelled B.

Edit: That is a really nasty looking socket. Good ones aren't exactly expensive.

I like to live dangerously

In other news I have just ordered a wifi booster to fit inside my loft as the wifi in the house is poor, it may be that I can get away with not needing to use this POS socket after all.