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On Sep 17, 6:31 pm, "Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS
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A photograph of the back of one of the 1-gangs is he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30588773@N04/2865124701/

The wires, from left to right, top to bottom, are

Blue; Blue/White; Orange; Green/White
Green; Orange/White; Brown; Brown/White

The wiring is the same on the matching socket of the 4-gang.

Looks like it's wired up totally wrong.
You need to look at the labeling under the wires.

Pin 1 is green/white.
Pin 2 is orange.

That's all wrong.
The pairs are all messed up.

You need to pull the wires out of the punch-downs and do them as
everyone
has indicated. Use the colour codes I listed.

Check both ends.

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Ron

To be more specific, it looks like the Orange/white and Green/white are
swapped.

Again, check all outlets, both ends.

I have a problem with this problem, conceptually.

When I plug my laptop directly into the router, the patch cable
carries the signal directly along the cable according to how the patch
cable is wired.

However, if I plug the patch cable into the 4-gang wall socket, and an
identical patch cable from the destination 1-gang socket into my
laptop, surely the colour of the wires between the 4-gang and the 1-
gang is irrelevant, provided that the two sockets are wired the same?

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NO.
You mis-understand a cruicial point.

The colours do not matter, ( the electrons are colour-blind) but the fact
that the pairs are twisted do.
Pins 1+3 MUST be from one twisted pair ( usually orng / orng-wht, but could
be any colour ).
Pins 3+6 MUST be from another twisted pair. ( usually grn / grn-wht, but
again, could be any colour. )

This is absolutely crucial.

Also, the arangement of pins on the outlets varies from brand to brand.
So you also need to take care of that.
You need to read the pin numbers on the faceplates and punch the wires down
using the colour-codes we have shown.

You just need to do what we say.
Make the wiring at BOTH ends compliant with the standard we have indicated.
Honestly.

I've installed these things more times than I can recount.

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Ron