How do you properly join cat5 wire 
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Posted by decaturtxcowboy on November 17, 2006, 6:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options google@swsmi.com wrote: I think he's simply referring to an 8-pin modular connector as an RJ-45. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Chris on November 19, 2006, 6:49 am
Please log in for more thread options > I have a cat5 run that goes from a router to a control room. I need to
run
> cat5 from that control room to the location of a single PC. My question
is
> this: How can I join the two cat 5 wires together? Do I have to use a
seems
> powered switch? I tried using a connector that joins two RJ45 plugs > together but it didn't appear that the signal was getting through. It > like one of those connectors would switch the order of the wires around
the
> necessitating a crossover cable. Is that the problem? For testing > purposes, I then put a switch at that location and I was able to pull up > Internet at the PC location. I really hate to add another piece of
hardware
> needlessly and would appreciate knowing what the proper way to do this is.
permanently
> I really don't want to physically connect the two wires together > in case I need to feed additional PCs from that location in which case I
there
> will be forced to use a switch. If the only solution is a switch, is > such a thing as an unpowered switch?
Thanks.
> > Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge about this simple question. > > > -- > David Jensen > Change the xyz in my email address to MJ for my real email address. >
How about a single cable splice block like
> http://www.blackbox.co.uk/solutions/display.asp?cs=dvh&id=1&doc=fau963&tx=Ca ble%20Products&sx=Adaptors C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by JGolan on November 20, 2006, 9:55 am
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Leave it to Black Box to market a non-complient standards solution Chris wrote: > > I have a cat5 run that goes from a router to a control room. I need to
> run
> > cat5 from that control room to the location of a single PC. My question
> is
> > this: How can I join the two cat 5 wires together? Do I have to use a
> > powered switch? I tried using a connector that joins two RJ45 plugs > > together but it didn't appear that the signal was getting through. It > seems
> > like one of those connectors would switch the order of the wires around
> > necessitating a crossover cable. Is that the problem? For testing > > purposes, I then put a switch at that location and I was able to pull up > the
> > Internet at the PC location. I really hate to add another piece of
> hardware
> > needlessly and would appreciate knowing what the proper way to do this is.
> > I really don't want to physically connect the two wires together > permanently
> > in case I need to feed additional PCs from that location in which case I
> > will be forced to use a switch. If the only solution is a switch, is > there
> > such a thing as an unpowered switch?
> > > > Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge about this simple question. > > > > > > -- > > David Jensen > > Change the xyz in my email address to MJ for my real email address. > Thanks.
> >
> > > How about a single cable splice block like
> http://www.blackbox.co.uk/solutions/display.asp?cs=dvh&id=1&doc=fau963&tx=Ca > ble%20Products&sx=Adaptors > > C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on November 20, 2006, 2:08 pm
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> Leave it to Black Box to market a non-complient standards solution Why do you call it "non-complient"? It's essentially a very small horizontal cross-connect, which is certainly allowed. -Larry Jones Who, ME? Who?! Me?? WHO... Me?! Who, me??? -- Calvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Ed Nielsen on November 21, 2006, 11:52 pm
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Too bad you have to get it from Britain. CIAO! Ed N. lawrence.jones@ugs.com wrote: >> Leave it to Black Box to market a non-complient standards solution
>
> Why do you call it "non-complient"? It's essentially a very small > horizontal cross-connect, which is certainly allowed. > > -Larry Jones > > Who, ME? Who?! Me?? WHO... Me?! Who, me??? -- Calvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> Unless I'm reading this wrong, you have RJ45 plugs on the ends of your
> wires. This is a no-no for more reasons than I can list here, and the
> question "properly join cat5 wire" is mute.