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basic wiring help

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troytime

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when i built my house, i ran cat6 to every room in the house - with the ends terminating in a patch panel in the basement.

due to budget contraints, i never finished the network (just left the cable modem beside my computer in the bedroom)

now i need another non-wireless PC in another room - there's cat6 in the wall, but unterminated

my question is this:
can i run a network cable from my router (next to my pc) INTO the wall jack by my computer (currently un-used), then patch that cable over in the basement (patch panel) to connect to the cat6 in the other room?

if so, do i use a normal network cable or a crossover?



also, when i terminated the patch panel i don't remember what standard i used 🙁
if i use the other standard in a wall jack will it not work?

sorry for the lengthy noob questions
 
nevermind, tried it and it works 🙂

i think i used B on the jack by my computer, and A at the other jack...

either my eyes aren't good enough to figure out which way they're wired, or they're compatible with eachother (at least enough to make the internet work)
 
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