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hayesey · 21-11-2005, 14:29

at the end of the day it doesn't actually matter what order the wires are crimped in a cat5 cable as long as both ends as the same (for a straight through cable anyway). Have you got a cable tester you can use to see if each contact on the rj45 at one end is connected to the corresponding wire at the other end? You could even use a multimeter to test this. How long is the cable you've made? If it is more than 100metres then it's not going to work well if at all. When you connect the cable up do you get lights on the network card & the router?

A "169" IP address means that DHCP failed. Are you able to get into the router from another PC on the network, is there anything in the log file(s) on there which might suggest why your PC isn't getting a DHCP lease.

21-11-2005, 14:29	#6
hayesey Inactive Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 46	Re: Cabling Problems at the end of the day it doesn't actually matter what order the wires are crimped in a cat5 cable as long as both ends as the same (for a straight through cable anyway). Have you got a cable tester you can use to see if each contact on the rj45 at one end is connected to the corresponding wire at the other end? You could even use a multimeter to test this. How long is the cable you've made? If it is more than 100metres then it's not going to work well if at all. When you connect the cable up do you get lights on the network card & the router? A "169" IP address means that DHCP failed. Are you able to get into the router from another PC on the network, is there anything in the log file(s) on there which might suggest why your PC isn't getting a DHCP lease.