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<blockquote data-quote="ticedoff8" data-source="post: 969904" data-attributes="member: 117762"><p>Yeah, that's not going to work.</p><p></p><p>You don't wire the RJ45 pins 1 - 8 and bridging all of the same colored wires together at the central panel is bad.</p><p></p><p>As you may not know, the RJ45 connector for Ethernet only uses pins 1, 2, 3 & 6. </p><p>In the telco world, pins 4 & 5 are used for T-1 or analog phone - and analog phone carries -48vdc battery and 110vac ring tone. That would be bad for Ethernet, so the Cat5 Ethernet standard skips those pins. The old Cat3 standard allowed the use of pins 1 - 8 (so you could use standard telco patch cords), but you were limited to 10Mb/sec.</p><p></p><p>Instead of a punch block at the central location, terminate both ends of the Cat5 with an RJ45. Pick a color code, and stick with it for all connections; E.G.: B/W (Blue/White)=pin 1, W/B=2, O/W=3 & W/O=6 for ALL RJ45 ice-cubes. Don't reverse anything and don't over think it. And make sure you match the colored pairs together - 1&2 is a pair and 3&6 is a pair. You may ask "What do I do with the extra wires" - they don't matter. Cut them off is fine. Connecting them to the unused pins of the RJ45 is fine. It. Doesn't. Matter.</p><p></p><p>I assume you have a DSL / phone line running into the 2Wire router upstairs and it is working fine. The 2Wire has a switch built in, so there should be some open RJ45 sockets on the 2Wire. These are your ethernet connections. The 2Wire may have 4 open ethernet ports. These are typically 10/100 "auto-sensing" Ethernet.</p><p></p><p>At the central location, get a 10/100 ethernet switch (or a 10/100/1000) and plug all of your home-runs into the switch. Using a Cat5 cable, connect one port on the central switch to one port on your DSL / router upstairs. Assuming your Cat5 is terminated correctly to the RJ45 ice-cubes, when you connect the two devices together, you should get a "link light" on the central switch & the router ports. </p><p></p><p>Congratulations, you now have a real Network.</p><p></p><p>Now, plug your PC into the Cat5 and you should get a link light for that port. </p><p>And so on.</p><p></p><p>The ultimate test: Can you surf the net?</p><p></p><p>BTW: Don't forget a Cat5 run to your TVs - if you have Xbox, PS3 or WII, they have RJ45 for Internet to do online gaming. And, newer TVs and DVRs have RJ45 for Internet access to download movies and order PPV. Run one Cat5 to each bedroom and TV location, then use a simple ethernet switch if you have more than one device to hook up (E.G.: TV, Satellite & XBox + uplink is a 4-port switch).</p><p></p><p>BTW: You can get another wireless router and put it in the basement. But that's for another post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ticedoff8, post: 969904, member: 117762"] Yeah, that's not going to work. You don't wire the RJ45 pins 1 - 8 and bridging all of the same colored wires together at the central panel is bad. As you may not know, the RJ45 connector for Ethernet only uses pins 1, 2, 3 & 6. In the telco world, pins 4 & 5 are used for T-1 or analog phone - and analog phone carries -48vdc battery and 110vac ring tone. That would be bad for Ethernet, so the Cat5 Ethernet standard skips those pins. The old Cat3 standard allowed the use of pins 1 - 8 (so you could use standard telco patch cords), but you were limited to 10Mb/sec. Instead of a punch block at the central location, terminate both ends of the Cat5 with an RJ45. Pick a color code, and stick with it for all connections; E.G.: B/W (Blue/White)=pin 1, W/B=2, O/W=3 & W/O=6 for ALL RJ45 ice-cubes. Don't reverse anything and don't over think it. And make sure you match the colored pairs together - 1&2 is a pair and 3&6 is a pair. You may ask "What do I do with the extra wires" - they don't matter. Cut them off is fine. Connecting them to the unused pins of the RJ45 is fine. It. Doesn't. Matter. I assume you have a DSL / phone line running into the 2Wire router upstairs and it is working fine. The 2Wire has a switch built in, so there should be some open RJ45 sockets on the 2Wire. These are your ethernet connections. The 2Wire may have 4 open ethernet ports. These are typically 10/100 "auto-sensing" Ethernet. At the central location, get a 10/100 ethernet switch (or a 10/100/1000) and plug all of your home-runs into the switch. Using a Cat5 cable, connect one port on the central switch to one port on your DSL / router upstairs. Assuming your Cat5 is terminated correctly to the RJ45 ice-cubes, when you connect the two devices together, you should get a "link light" on the central switch & the router ports. Congratulations, you now have a real Network. Now, plug your PC into the Cat5 and you should get a link light for that port. And so on. The ultimate test: Can you surf the net? BTW: Don't forget a Cat5 run to your TVs - if you have Xbox, PS3 or WII, they have RJ45 for Internet to do online gaming. And, newer TVs and DVRs have RJ45 for Internet access to download movies and order PPV. Run one Cat5 to each bedroom and TV location, then use a simple ethernet switch if you have more than one device to hook up (E.G.: TV, Satellite & XBox + uplink is a 4-port switch). BTW: You can get another wireless router and put it in the basement. But that's for another post. [/QUOTE]
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