I have a cat5 tester if you would like to borrow it..

-John


On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 23:16, Yaron wrote:
>   Hey all,
> 
> Ok, so I got the 1000' of Cat5e, a bunch of RJ45 Cat5e-certified jacks,
> faceplates and modules, etc. And I wired the crap out of the place.
> 
> Being a complete dork, I didn't test the first wire I put in. I just put
> in about 12, punched everything down (using the 568B scheme), and THen
> plugged a machine in one end and patched over to the switch on the other
> end.
> 
> Link light comes on, 100M light comes on, DHCP server sees machine send
> request, machine doesn't see DHCP server send reply.
> 
> I tested all the cables outside the walls and they're fine. I tried
> several different machines and NICs, and it looks like they can all
> transmit and not receive.
> 
> Naturally I have no Cat5 testing equipment, but I opened up a few plugsto
> make sure I _did_ in fact punch everything down correctly, and it looks
> like I did.
> 
> Anyone have any clues/suggestions?
> 
> -Yaron
> 
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