If you wired one end for 568A by accident, you can switch pairs 2 and 3 and that will solve your problem. I had to do that last night because I wired my jacks for 568B before I bought the patch panel (which is 568A). Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Churchill [mailto:churchid at visi.com] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:58 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Home Wiring Question > > > On Thursday 14 February 2002 11:16 pm, Yaron wrote: > <snip> > > 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. > <snip> > > If machines on both ends can transmit and not receive, then > you have a > confused wiring problem somewhere. Make sure that the > white/colored side > of each pair is the same on both ends. If you have > dual-labeled 568A/B > jacks, double and triple check that you looked at the right scheme. > They're not that different, and this has frequently been my > problem when > I've screwed up the wiring scheme. :( I would take John up > on his offer > to loan you a tester that will show you which pairs are > working and which > are not. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >