A Cable wired with what you have been doing should work OK. Just make
> so then (my cables are stripe, solid) the proper way to do it is:
>
> stripe orange,orange
> stripe green,blue
> stripe blue,green
> stripe brown,brown
>
> I was taught,
>
> blue, stripe blue
> green, stripe orange
> orange, stripe green
> brown, stripe brown
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
> There is definitely a color code you need to follow for Ethernet.
> If you just use the same colors on both side the wires won't be
> twisted inside the cable correctly and the cable will be noisey and
> give poor performance.
>
> 12345678
> ||||||||
> | |
> | |
> |[====]|
> |______|
> | |
> | |
>
> (With the plugs conductors facing you)
>
> 1 white-orange
> 2 orange-white
> 3 white-green
> 4 Blue-white
> 5 white-blue
> 6 green-white
> 7 white-brown
> 8 brown-white
>
> Do both ends exactly the same, make sure you press the cable in so
> that all the wires touch the end of the plug.
>
> That should make a good cable.
>
> 10 and 100 Mb cables use pins 123 and 6, 1000Mb cables use all 8.
>
> Pin 1 and 2 are twisted together and pins 3 and 6 are twisted
> together. If you just put the same colors on both sides you will at
> least be making pins 3 and 6 not have their proper twists.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 02/10/2013 03:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> you forgot the link but I guess it is the cable. I had a long
> enough
> cable to just connect it without it looking pretty and it worked. I
> don't know though. My connections are good (I think) so maybe
> it is the
> cable itself. That is all I can think of.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>
> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> I would take a gander at this link, and look at the various
> diagrams. especially the notes at the end.
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Michael Havens
> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> okay, I thought I did it correctly.... I mean the modem is
> lights when I plug the new cable in but my brother
> tells me that
> he still isn't connected and his box (windows) won't ping
> google. You just need to make the pairs alike on each end,
> right? I answered that question by looking at a known good
> cable. I just replaced the rj45s and same thing. I just
> restarted the ms box and after it started the front network
> computer icons lit up. Then I tried to renew the IP but it
> failed. Then I left and came back to the computer and
> there was
> a bubble message that said it was connected but still
> couldn't
> get any pages to load. Then I disabled the connection and
> reenabled and it said it connected. What's going on?
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Michael Havens
> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> thanks brian.... I made a mistake then. Bummer!
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Brian Cluff
> <brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>
> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>> wrote:
>
> No, Just crimp it the conductors on the RJ45
> jack will
> pierce the insulation. If you have stripped
> it, it will
> probably short inside the plug.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 02/09/2013 10:02 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> I feel retarded..... I can't remember if
> you are
> supposed to strip cat 5
> to the copper before you crimp it. I'm
> thinking no
> but I need to make sure.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
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