Repurpose phone point as network point

The cable might have a cut in it somewhere in the wall. Depending on your network card driver you can often do a TDR test that will give you more information than a basic cable tester.
 
Caged said:
The cable might have a cut in it somewhere in the wall. Depending on your network card driver you can often do a TDR test that will give you more information than a basic cable tester.
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Doubtful as I have a MacBook and a Dell laptop, both with no network ports on them. I have to use a USB to RJ45 adapter for cable connections. Might have to see if any of the network guys at work have a device to test for cable breaks. Bugger!
 
Didn't pick it up from your post, but you've tested each 'leg' of the thing separately, yes? E.g. you've tested master socket to bedroom, and then bedroom to living room, rather than the entire run at once?

Double-check that your patch cables have all the pairs as well, Sky routers for a while used to bundle a four-wire ethernet cable for some reason.
 
Caged said:
Didn't pick it up from your post, but you've tested each 'leg' of the thing separately, yes? E.g. you've tested master socket to bedroom, and then bedroom to living room, rather than the entire run at once?
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Yeah, I tested each leg separately. One of the legs I won't really be using just now but wired it anyway while I was at it.

Caged said:
Double-check that your patch cables have all the pairs as well, Sky routers for a while used to bundle a four-wire ethernet cable for some reason.
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I had exactly that issue to start with as the patch cable from the new living room socket to the Google Wifi router did only have 4 wires in it. I binned that and swapped it out for a fully wired cable.
 
Okay, i re-did both modules this morning, here they are after being re-done.




The tester is still reporting a disconnection on #6 :confused: I'm running out of slack to do any more terminating.
 
Think I might head down to Screwfix and pick up a couple of modules and swap them out. If that doesn't work, then it must be dodgy cable.

Will a Cat6 module work okay on Cat5e cable?
 
So bought a couple of modules from Screwfix. Started by changing the module in the bedroom first (the one that connected to the new network point in the living room). Cable tester tested fine. Plugged in my MacBook. Link speed 1Gbps :D

So after all that, it was a bloody dodgy module! Ah well, at least it works. (It'll bug me now that I have two modules in a face plate that look different, but if it ain't broke and all that!!!)
 
I always used to buy Excel modules when I had to install drops myself, now I always specify Excel modules. Never had an issue. You can often grab them from eBay for cheap when people have them left over as well.
 
I'll keep those recommendations in mind although to be fair, it was my first time crimping a face place and I think I may have done it the wrong way around with the crimper.
 
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