Re: installing ethernet RJ45 and faceplate

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Neil J. Hubbard" <nhubbard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >
> <xucaen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

> > 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=22-1
875&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.

He said he was using a notched screwdriver.  That's not as bad as a regular
screwdriver in that it can be guided down more reliably.  But I agree.  Even
a cheap punch down tool would be better.

> 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.

By that I assume you're talking about splitting pairs and using the second
quartet of wires to carry another "channel."

If I read the poster correctly (and that's always in doubt!) he could just
string a long patch cord between the floors but he's trying to make it look
nice. By using the faceplate jacks on floor one and two as the middle
segment of a long patch cord I assume he's going to plug into an open jack
on the router.  If that's the case, all he has to do is follow the same
color scheme on each jack so that the patch cord free end of the patch cords
plugged into each outlet are essentially one long patch cord.

> 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.

I think when he said "two outlets" he was referring to a single outlet on
each floor.  Your advice holds true, however, if he want to plug something
else into the router and switch on floor two, although I suppose with a WAP
that might be moot.

--
Bobby G.