Re: installing ethernet RJ45 and faceplate

["E. Lee Dickinson" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

Wire it all straight-through, using the "B" standard as indicated on the
RJ45 jack.

I suspect your tool is damaging the contacting blades inside the jack.  Home
Depot has a plastic punch down tool, I've seen it for sale for a couple
bucks. They also come included with the 10 packs of RJ45 jacks.

E. Lee Dickinson
Entertainment Design and Technology

<xucaen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>