On 22 Oct 2005 16:27:29 -0700, "dale"
wrote:

if I wire the plug to either
the 568B or 568A pattern it fails. I know that the switch is sound as
I've tested it working using cables I made up - which also suggests I'm
using the crimps correctly - so what am I doing wrong?

Probably using plugs designed (as most are) only for stranded cable.
These cut (or miss) the solid cored on fixed cable and if they don't
fail immediately often do some time later. Far better to invest in a
patch panel. At a bit over a pound a socket it isn't as if they are
expensive :-).

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/