Recent content by Alan Bergman

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  1. Alan Bergman

    Cable miswire diagnostics, poor performance

    I believe I found out my problem. I was reading the specs of my cable. It said .57mm 23awg solid conductor. When I read that, I remembered that the terminals stated .48mm max. The cable is a heavy duty, direct burial rated cable. I think what’s been happening is that the pins were not fully...
  2. Alan Bergman

    Cable miswire diagnostics, poor performance

    Im red green color blind. The green and brown look identical in anything other then bright daylight to me. I had the wife and another buddy verify for my too. I guess this is why I couldn’t do EOD? Anyway, yes, there is a debug feature. I don’t understand how to decipher what it’s telling me...
  3. Alan Bergman

    Cable miswire diagnostics, poor performance

    cable was pulled through 1-1/2” PVC conduit, there was probably about a total of 270 degrees in bend. I pull by soaking a rag in lube tied ahead of the cable on the pull cord. That way the rag lubes and cleans as I pull. The cable pulled with little resistance, I don’t remember there being any...
  4. Alan Bergman

    Cable miswire diagnostics, poor performance

    Yes it’s a straight through cable. 1-2 & 4-5 are flashing. I’ve redone these terminations multiple times, no change. My only thought is that the cable got damaged unless it could be something else that I’m not thinking of? I’m torn on ordering a distance tester on Amazon for $135 or just...
  5. Alan Bergman

    Cable miswire diagnostics, poor performance

    First I want to introduce myself. I’m not experienced at all in networking. I can build and fix practically anything, but home networks is pretty darn new to me. YouTube only gets you so far and sometime clarification is needed, so please bare with me on my lack of knowledge and expertise of the...
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