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Network wiring problem - weird one!
When we had our extension built recently, I took the opportunity to
install a Cat5 LAN. Well, to be more accurate, the electrician ran the cabling in but said he didn't do network wiring so the tails sat there for a while until eldest son got his new laptop. I got a friend who is an experienced network engineer with his crimping tool to install the face plates for the network points. A diagram of the network is he http://www.flickr.com/photos/30588773@N04/2864919945/ The engineer had a wee gizmo that he plugged into the individual points and then another into the 4-gang which lit up to show that the wires were correctly connected. Everything seemed fine and dandy and, as I say, he's an experienced engineer. Unfortunately the network doesn't work. A laptop plugged into any of the individual 1-gang outlets can't see the network. However, if it's plugged directly into the back of the router, all is fine. Anyone any thoughts? I bought the cable from work (we do network installations, though I'm a software engineer myself) - it's unshielded twisted pair, and it's what we have in our work LAN. Thanks Edward |
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