Cat 6, wiring from router to wall plate

yop

Guys
I have have a cable run from where the wireless router to the back of the TV.
I am connecting my sat box to the internet.

Its CAT6.

I used the diagram there in this link below to wire the RJ45; T568A.



I plugged this into one of the ports on my Belkin router.

I then when downstairs and I wired up the jack and punched them down using the punchdown tool I have.

I plugged in a cable and connected it to my laptop but I am not getting an NW connection.

I am limited knowledge on this so I would appreciate any help.

Have I wired the RJ45 correctly or do I need a bridge or something on the end of the RJ45 and then plug a cable from my router into this bridge?


Thanks

PogMoThoin

yop wrote: »

Guys
I have have a cable run from where the wireless router to the back of the TV.
I am connecting my sat box to the internet.

Its CAT6.

I used the diagram there in this link below to wire the RJ45; T568A.



I plugged this into one of the ports on my Belkin router.

I then when downstairs and I wired up the jack and punched them down using the punchdown tool I have.

I plugged in a cable and connected it to my laptop but I am not getting an NW connection.

I am limited knowledge on this so I would appreciate any help.

Have I wired the RJ45 correctly or do I need a bridge or something on the end of the RJ45 and then plug a cable from my router into this bridge?


Thanks

B is what's used both ends. A is only for the other end of a crossover cable.

yop

PogMoThoin wrote: »

B is what's used both ends. A is only for the other end of a crossover cable.

Ah, so I have used the wrong one! So I need to rewire the RJ45 to match the one in B?

matt-dublin

Yes, A to B there is for a crossover, you need to wire A to A.

markad1

lol I go B to B

yop

matt-dublin wrote: »

Yes, A to B there is for a crossover, you need to wire A to A.

Thanks
Just to confirm, the A diagram on the left, is what I have it wired on the RJ45 going into the router.

So I have to rewire to match the one on the right, B?

Alun

PogMoThoin wrote: »

B is what's used both ends. A is only for the other end of a crossover cable.

But if you use the same one at both ends of the cable it makes no difference which you use as long as you are consistent, i.e. A to A or B to B. Electrons don't care what colour wire they're running along.

matt-dublin

both ends need to be wired exactly in the same order.

doesn't matter which you use A or B as long as both ends are the same.

yop

The other end is an ethernet jack its not an RJ45 connector.

So I had to match up the cables on that and punch them down as I did.

The cables on the left hand side of the jack are:
Green
Green/white
Orange
Orange/white

On the right they are:
Brown
Brown/white
Blue
Blue/white

PogMoThoin

yop wrote: »

The other end is an ethernet jack its not an RJ45 connector.

So I had to match up the cables on that and punch them down as I did.

The cables on the left hand side of the jack are:
Green
Green/white
Orange
Orange/white

On the right they are:
Brown
Brown/white
Blue
Blue/white

The other end is wired B (which is the norm) so you need to connect that end using B so you have both the same like a straight through cable

user1842

A should be one end of the wire and A should be the other end of the wire

OR

B should be one end of the wire and B should be the other end of the wire

(A only goes to B in a special type of cable that's not really used called a crossover cable. It allows you to connect computers together without a router/switch/hub)

So change whichever end is easiest to work with.

yop

Thanks lads, wiring it using B did the treat.

Krusader

Is your router a gigabit router, if not its a waste of cat6 cable use cat5 instead