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    Cat5 VS Cat5e ?

    More like distance difference if I remembered correctly. CAT5 up to 150 metres, CAT5e up to ?? 300 ??.
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    Help Finding Router Settings

    You should be able to access the router configurations through a web browser. You laptop may be set to static ip as I remember some older SMC routers does not allow IP addresses outside their DHCP pool to access it.
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    Wiring directly from a cat5 568a wallplate to a switch

    Colour code for straight cable is WhOr/Or/WhGr/Bl/WhBl/Gr/WhBr/Br on both end Colour code for cross cable is WhGr/Gr/WhOr/Bl/WhBl/Or/WhBr/Br on one end and the above colour code on the other. Cross is for cascading 2 switches and for connecting a router directly to a PC. HTH