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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 ).
Completely WRONG


Yes, Yes.

Obvious Typo.
Se my previous posts.
1+2, 3+6.
Well spotted.

But my main point was that the COLOUR of the pair doesn't actually matter.
What matters is that the pairs are maintained.

1+2, 3+6.