Re: installing ethernet RJ45 and faceplate

["Neil J. Hubbard" <nhubbard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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
>


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