Re: installing ethernet RJ45 and faceplate

["xucaen" <xucaen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil,

   I'm not trying to loop it. I want to make an extension. The wiring
will go from the Switch to faceplate 1 to faceplate 2 to the Wireless
access point. It would be the same as if I ran a single Ethernet cable
direct from the Switch to the Wireless access point.

So with this kind of wiring scheme, I'm not sure how to connect the two
faceplates. Would it be a cross-over or straight through?

right now I'm using straight through. So I'll try a cross-over next and
see if that does it.

Of course, I think I will need a punchdown tool. It's funny, I found
this punchdown tool http://www.hometech.com/tools/tppunch.html#ID-35485
and it looks just like the bit that I am using. Is a punchtool a kind
of razor blade? Or is it a blunt tool? I should think that as long as
the wires get down into the slots on the RJ45 receptacvle that it
should work. Does the punchdown tool do something else to the wires
besides simply pushing the wire into the slot?

Thanks!

Jim


Neil J. Hubbard wrote:
> <xucaen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1151262466.115891.174020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi, I am trying to install two RJ45 IDC receptacles from Belkin.
> >
> > Product number is R6D022-AB5
> > http://www.provantage.com/belkin-r6d022-ab5-blu~7BELN09C.htm
> >
> > I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I think maybe I wired it
> > incorrectly.
> >
> > Here's what I need to do:
> >
> > I am installing a faceplate next to my cable router and switch and
> > another one upstairs. I ran a cat5 cable from the second faceplate down
> > to the first faceplate. So, now I have two faceplates connected to each
> > other. Basically this is just an ethernet extension.
> >
> > I want to connect the first faceplate to my switch.
> >
> > Then upstairs, I want to plug in a wireless access point into the
> > second faceplate.
> >
> > But when I turn everything on, I get no connection between my wireless
> > access point and the switch.
> >
> > Is there a wiring diagram somewhere that will show me the proper
> > wiring? I followed the color coding on the RJ45 itself but that didn't
> > seem to work.
> > All I can find are instructions for making etehrnet cables
> > (http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable5.htm) but they
> > don't describe how to build an ethernet extension cable.
> >
> > During my searches I came across references to a "pushdown" tool. When
> > I searched for one, the pictures were not very clear so I'm not sure
> > what one looks like.
> >
> > I used a screw-driver bit shaped like a "U" out of this 32 piece set:
> > http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=22-1875&banner=22-1875
> > and it seemed to work well enough.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
>
> Hi Jim;
>
> The RJ45 IDC jacks require a 110 punchdown tool (not included). A
> screwdriver will not do.
> No offence meant, but ethernet does not work like an analog phone line; you
> can't loop it from one jack to another. Unless, of course, you use the
> orange and green wires for one jack and blue and brown for the other. Or you
> could run a wire from the second faceplate to your router, so you have
> separate cables (best solution if it's an easy run.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil