Help plps, Can someone please help? I have joined up to loads of sites and forum's asking for help on this project and had none as of yet... This is the story - I have a Pc (downstairs) and i use my laptop (upstairs)... I want to connect the two via a wired network, So i can use the internet at the sametime on both pc's! I have enough cable to run from one pc downstairs to the laptop upstairs (RJ45 cable think this is also called Cat5 cable also) I have 3 patch cables and a switch and to RJ45 sockets to connect RJ45 cable to. I will attach a rough drawing of what it will look like.... So this is how i am thinking i will connect everything together - Starting for pc downstairs i will run a patch cable to the switch then a patch cable from here into socket then wire upstairs and then a socket on end of other end of wire upstairs and then a patch cable into laptop (I have a Advent 7011). Also i need some help with wiring RJ45 cable to socket i have eight pins and eight wires (Blue and Blue/White, Orange and Orange/White, Brown and Brown/White, Green and Green/White) I have been told to connect Green and Green/White on left hand side pins and also Orange and Orange/White and leave rest of wires these arnt needed? Is this true? Please help asap i hope i have been as clear as possible... Thanks Blingster p.s. it wudnt let me add my network plan
Do you have a router, or are you using ICS through a Windows machine? In the latter case, I strongly recommend purchasing a firewall/router and using that as the gateway to your network, or else building one out of an old outdated computer which is no longer useful as a workstation. In the case that you had a router, you would be connecting your broadband or dailup modem to one network port on the router and your switch to the other. Next you would connect all of your PCs to the switch, and they would be provided firewalled internet access through your router as well as unrestricted access to eachother accross the switch. Regarding the patch cables... first of all, an RJ-45 is the name of the 8-pin connector which is often used on CAT3,5, and 6 cabling, not the cable itself. Just wanted to straighten that out to avoid confusion in the future. Next, it is true what you've heard that in most configurations only 4 of the 8 conductors are used . However, you should connect all 8 anyway since you never know what you'll be using that cable for in the future. I've had many incidences where I've used all 8 conductors in a CAT5/6 cable. Here's a web-based tutorial on how to make patch cables. Please note that the way you were told to make patch cables (green on the outside) is not seen very often in my part of the country, in this area most everyone uses the type B wiring standard, which puts the orange pair on the leftmost outside edge of the RJ-45. Which standard you use (A or B) doesn't matter much, but whichever you use you should make sure all of the patch cables use the same standard or else your network performance will not be theoretically optimal. As for the wiring blocks on the RJ-45 keystones (aka the connectors on the wall plates), use the wiring diagram that came with them, connecting all 8 conductors. Both type A and B wiring diagrams should be included, keep in mind which standard you used for all your patch cables and use the same one for the keystones as well. Hope I've been helpful, -AT
