Wireing Question??

[cookj]

I ran my own wire,I thought it was cat5,my computers work great with a 10 mbps hub ,but won`t reconise each other on a 10/100.Thought it was settings,changed everything around,tested the wire,everything is connected right,thought it may be the nics,since each was a different brand,so I bought 3 new ones,netgear FA311,still the same.Could it be that I need a heavier wire?There only run about 40 ft of wire away from each other.Anyone have a simular problem?Suggestions?All I can think to do is try new wire,just going to be a pain running it.

 

[ScottMac]

Well, given the information you've provided, I'd s'pose that you have the cable ends terminated wrong/poorly.

The pair-order of the cable at the connectors is critical for high-speed.

Looking at the connector from the rear, clip down, the pair-order should be (left-to-right):

White-Orange, Orange, White-Green, Blue, White-Blue, Green, White-Brown, Brown.
(the above is a "568 B" configuration, you also have the option of exchanging the Green and Orange pair to be a "568 A" configuration).

If you ordered the wire such that each color-pair is grouped (wo,o,wg,g,wb,b,wbr,br), then the specific problem is a split pair on 3 & 6 (your using one wire of one color-pair for signal, and one wire from another color-pair for signal ground..it throws the noise rejection right the F--- out the window...)).

There are also a bunch of rules for how much of the wire can be expeosed out of the jacket (0.5 inch), bend radius, pulling tension (How hard did you pull the cable when installing it? Did youstretch the cable?)....Check out the tech library at Anixter.com and read some of the 568 spec on termination.

Good Luck

Scott

 

[cookj]

The wireing is the same on both ends.I thought it could be a bad end,so I cut the wire and replaced ALL of the ends,same result.

 

[ScottMac]

It has to be more than 'The Same." It has to be the correct pair-order, and it has to be done pretty close to perfect to get the higher speeds.

If the pair-order is wrong, fix it, or live with 10Mbps. You get to choose.

Good Luck

Scott

 

[cookj]

Ok,I`ll redo it like you said .Have it done in a little while.Thanks

 

[cookj]

Redid the wires and it was the same.I went and bought some new cat5e at staples,and it works.