Embarrassingly simple question about ethernet cable

espresso

aliasojo wrote: »

But it's where one of these ends should go that I'm confused about.

To your BT master socket - You are using Cat 6 for convenience but the telephony side should be kept separate from the patch panel i.e. it's permanent wiring.

aliasojo

So I've run the cable in completely the wrong way then. I've got it all leading into a central cupboard as I thought it was all to go to the patch panel....which isn't near the master socket. B*ll*cks.

espresso

aliasojo wrote: »

So I've run the cable in completely the wrong way then. I've got it all leading into a central cupboard as I thought it was all to go to the patch panel....which isn't near the master socket. B*ll*cks.

No you ran the telephone cables with the LAN cables for your convenience! Now you obviously need one more cable from the central cupboard to your BT master socket.

Simples!

aliasojo

God it's so simple when someone else points it out. I think I've been thinking about all this for so long now that I've gone round in circles, confused myself and made things harder than they need be.

Thankyou!


I should add that I do really appreciate the help and advice everyone has given me since I started doing this. My OH isn't the type of bloke who enjoys DIY or stuff like this, so it's all down to me and sometimes (often ) I just don't 'get' things. I'm getting there now though.

DVardysShadow

aliasojo wrote: »

... I should add that I do really appreciate the help and advice everyone has given me since I started doing this. My OH isn't the type of bloke who enjoys DIY or stuff like this, so it's all down to me and sometimes (often ) I just don't 'get' things. I'm getting there now though.

Very few people get it first time and you are quite brave to take on a wired network and phones in one go. Of course, you will have it all working one way or another - and you will be that much more capable and confident next time around.

fwor

The good thing about doing it the way you have is that if you ever want a central answering facility and simple voice switch (you can do it these days with an old PC and free Open Source s/w like Asterisk), it simply goes in the cupboard with the rest of the wiring.

All you need to do for now is common all of the extension pairs together in the cupboard and take a single pair from that to the master socket. You might want to have a look at the total REN value of the extensions added up to see if they will all ring Ok, but that's less of a problem now than it used to be.

closed

Just in case it isn't clear, you can use a normal patch panel for the phone if you wish, just need a bt/rj45 converter at each end. Then you can use any network point as a phone point, by switching a couple of connectors.

Bikertov

basmic wrote: »

Personally I'd put a battery over a pair of wires, and go to the other side and put an LED over the same pair until you find the working ethernet cable.

Ethernet cable testing, MSE style. :D

Even more MSE ... Put one cable into a mains socket, and touch each of the other ends. The one that matches is the one you get a shock from.

Saves on buying the battery that basmic suggested ...

aliasojo

Lol Bikertov....I hope you wont be offended if I just ignore your advice.

Bikertov

aliasojo wrote: »

Lol Bikertov....I hope you wont be offended if I just ignore your advice.

I was only tyring to be helpful :rotfl:

Actually - I remember the orignal thread from a while ago, with that lovely diagram