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RE: [PLUG] ethernet wiring in walls
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Title: RE: [PLUG] ethernet wiring in walls
Here is the el-cheapo method....
Need:
1. 9v battery
2. 9v battery connector to wires
3. a short cable end with exposed wires
4. a cable connector box to screws (or another
short cable if both ends have jacks)
5. 1 LED
FIRST: DISCONNECT ALL EQUIPMENT FROM NETWORK
connect battery to battery clip
connect + and - to two wires on either end
connect the led to the same two wires on the other end
If the light goes on, good, if not reverse the led to
make sure the polarity is correct, if still no. There's
a bad wire pair, now pair them up one by one to isolate
which of the two is the actual bad wire.
If it's just a bad single wire, you could try using one of
the unused connectors (4+5 and 7+8??) in that wire as a replacement route,
to avoid pulling or redoing that wire.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
>[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]
>Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:08 PM
>To: PLUG
>Subject: [PLUG] ethernet wiring in walls
>
>
>Some in-wall wiring that used to work in my house no longer works.
>I've been mixing and matching equipment and it's pretty clear the
>cables and hubs are ok, but I've tried a couple of different in wall
>cables without success. I'm starting to suspect a mouse or something
>passed by a wire bundle.
>
>Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what to do next. One option is to
>figure out what's going on in the walls. It'd be cool to have a tool
>that just did this, but I don't even know what such a tool is called.
>Suggestions?
>
>The other possibility is to go wireless, although I'd want to be able
>to restrict by MAC and encrypt and such to feel comfortable. It looks
>like I could buy two linksys wireless routers and connect the two main
>parts of my house where non-laptops are, although there's a third area
>where I'd like to have a machine (a jukebox / ogg-server). Is there
>such a thing as a wireless hub? I don't need heavy routing
>capabilities and in some cases I do need to see individual IP's in
>both directions.
>
>Any thoughts on the most economical way to do this?
>
>--
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287
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