Can you help me to troubleshoot why a recently installed CAT-6 cable doesn't work?
A general building contractor was hired to fish wire through the walls from our basement router (D-Link DIR-655) to an upstairs office 70 ft. away. Previously, the upstairs laptop connected to home network using D-Link DWA-642 wireless adapter. The contractor used bulk wire and attached the RJ45 connectors. However, once attached to the router and laptop, with wi-fi disabled, the laptop could not access the router. To make sure that the laptop itself was properly configured, I brought laptop into close proxmity with the router and used a store-bought cable to connect the laptop to the router. Once connected with the store-bought cable the laptop could access the internet AND the home network.
Since connection with contractor-installed cable has not occured, the contractor sent me the following website and asked me to tell him which configuration to use:
http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html.
Because the distance is fairly long, I am guessing that I will want to have a CAT-6 solid wire cable. That suggests the contractor needs a special solid-wire crimp tool to successfully connect the solid-wire cable to the RJ45 connectors. Is there anything else I am overlooking?
Finally, which RJ45 jack style should I use: t568A OR t568B? Does it make any difference which protocol is used for the wiring?
Abe18
A general building contractor was hired to fish wire through the walls from our basement router (D-Link DIR-655) to an upstairs office 70 ft. away. Previously, the upstairs laptop connected to home network using D-Link DWA-642 wireless adapter. The contractor used bulk wire and attached the RJ45 connectors. However, once attached to the router and laptop, with wi-fi disabled, the laptop could not access the router. To make sure that the laptop itself was properly configured, I brought laptop into close proxmity with the router and used a store-bought cable to connect the laptop to the router. Once connected with the store-bought cable the laptop could access the internet AND the home network.
Since connection with contractor-installed cable has not occured, the contractor sent me the following website and asked me to tell him which configuration to use:
http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html.
Because the distance is fairly long, I am guessing that I will want to have a CAT-6 solid wire cable. That suggests the contractor needs a special solid-wire crimp tool to successfully connect the solid-wire cable to the RJ45 connectors. Is there anything else I am overlooking?
Finally, which RJ45 jack style should I use: t568A OR t568B? Does it make any difference which protocol is used for the wiring?
Abe18