Wiring up a network - FAIL

[mookieo2]

You should have a small patch panel at the head end and a wall plate with keystone jacks at the room side. You really cant miss punching these down just don't untwist the wires more than 1/2 in. Then you could have just used patch cords. That would be the proper way to do it.

[ducatiz]

I just threw 48vdc out there becaise that's the v over tp standard and the same as pots voltage.

Point would be to have a common low vdc source for charging my phone or laptop. 12vdc would prob be better.

[derby]

Isn't more always better ?

Talked with a cool dude at a computer shop today.  Gonna come out and check it out.  $80 an hour seems "reasonable" to me, as long as it doesn't take him an hour to make one cable up 

you shoulda had him make you a few 1ft "test" cables while you were in the shop and checked 'em with your cable tester. if they don't pass, you're just gonna pay him $80/hr to tell you what you already know.

[TAftonomos]

I was trying to use tool-less keystone jacks in the walls....which is where I think the problem is.  I already have a switch and rack setup in the basement to plug into. I'll see what the guy says in an hour.

What do you mean derby?  That the jacks I was using are shut, or something is wrong with the cabling itself?

[Ahks]

I was trying to use tool-less keystone jacks in the walls....which is where I think the problem is.  I already have a switch and rack setup in the basement to plug into. I'll see what the guy says in an hour.

What do you mean derby?  That the jacks I was using are shut, or something is wrong with the cabling itself?

I think he was implying that you should test the guys work before you hire him. Otherwise he could be doing as bad a job as you have been

[il d00d]

[pedantic]
I think the minimum distance for cat5e is a three feet
[/pedantic]  But one foot should definitely work 

You might also just try testing the runs themselves, i.e. terminate with relatively foolproof rj45 connectors on both ends and test the cable.  If this is non-plenum cable, and you did some yanking to get the cables run, there may be issues.  Any weird angles or anything?  The bend radius on cat5 is something like 90 degrees over two feet, but again, I would be astounded to learn that it didn't work even if you didn't follow the specification to the letter.
As far as interference, the only issues I have ever personally witnessed have been from florescent lights - just be sure to run cables perpendicular and not parallel to power and lighting.

[mookieo2]

Just a thought. If You have a patch panel at one end and keystones at the other are they both punched down A standard or B. Most times the patchpanels are A. They say B for residential I believe. We just use A all the time so there is no confusion.

[derby]

I was trying to use tool-less keystone jacks in the walls....which is where I think the problem is.  I already have a switch and rack setup in the basement to plug into. I'll see what the guy says in an hour.

if your cables don't "test," assuming you've got the order correct, it's most likely an issue w/ your wires not touching the contacts.

What do you mean derby?  That the jacks I was using are shut, or something is wrong with the cabling itself?

I think he was implying that you should test the guys work before you hire him. Otherwise he could be doing as bad a job as you have been

[TAftonomos]

Well, with new plugs "MOST" of the other ones work.  The one I NEED to work of course doesn't.....probably a nail through it somewhere but I'm not sure. 

I'm now after a fishtape so I can run a new cable up through the wall, across the entire house in the attic, then down the far wall, then across the entire basement ceiling......all for some make the beast with two backsing streaming video lol...

At least it's my friday