Wired Home Network Not Working

[DJ Corus]

The last couple days I've been running wires and trying to setup my home network. In my closet I have my modem and my wireless router. From the closet I ran ethernet cables to a couple different places in my house. I have three cat6 RJ45 inserts that I personally connected to the ethernet cable. I followed the diagram on the package and even tried both the 'A' and 'B' setups. I also made the patch cable since I had a lot of extra cable. But with those I tested them with a network cable tester. Then I tried connecting those cords to the inserts and tried using the network cable tester (not going thru the router) but for some reason as it lights up, it skips 4 and 6 but the other six light up. I thought the first one I tried that with might just have a broken wire in it but then after it happening to the next one exactly the same, I figured I have to have something wired incorrectly. If anyone can point me in the right direction, it will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Cory

 

[bill001g]

It is straight forward you match the wire colors to the jack. Most times it is a wire that is not punched down enough, they can look good but the insulation was not cut through all the way. There are slight difference in the wire testers but generally if you do not for example see pin 4 connect to some pin on the far end even if it is the wrong pin it means pin 4 does not have end to end connectivity.

The pairs are 1,2 3,6 4,5 7,8. Very technically the color of the wire does not matter as long as the pairs are correct end to end. I would still follow the A or B standard for all your devices to avoid confusion. Pin 4 should have a solid blue in your install. 6 will have a solid green or solid orange. It is pretty easy to get the green and blue messed up on some wire, the colors can be very close in dim light.

 

[DJ Corus]

I will have to double check how well I have the wires seated in my female ends. I just found it odd that 2 different wires had 4 and 6 missing. That's why I felt like it had to be something that I was missing. Thanks for your input, got more testing to do now.

 

[DJ Corus]

So I did some more testing, only to come up with no solution or answer to my problem. I used an ohm meter checking the connections between the wires and blades in the female ends. Everything seemed to be connected properly. I then tested my patch cables again making sure those were still good and they were. I then plugged those back into the female ends and tried it again with a slightly better outcome... now instead of 4 and 6 not being connected only 4 or 6 shows not connected. I would I plug it check my connection then test it again only for it to alternate to the other. I don't get it at all!