- Jun 2, 2015
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Hello All
I had a question for network wiring that I was working on in my house. My setup looks like this.
Comcast input co-ax cable connects to modem (in basement) at a box where there are CAT6 network wires terminating.
A CAT6 male cable connects to the modem that opens to a female connector in the kitchen placed on the wall.
At the Kitchen, I will be placing an apple router. A CAT5e male to male cable is being used to connect the kitchen female wall plug (where it is receiving from the modem) to the router input. When I try to do so, I notice that the router does work.
However, when I connect the router directly to the modem (via a regular CAT5e male to male cable bypassing the kitchen wiring), it works perfectly fine.
For the wiring between the basement and the kitchen wall, I checked the male and female ends and found that the builder used 568A standard (as per some googling to see how 568A wires are connected).
My question here is - do I need to use a cross over cable CAT5e/CAT6 (stranded with 568A scheme) to connect from the wall to the router to make the router work? Or, is there something with the compatibility of CAT5e and CAT6 cables that will not allow this to work?
I am a little new to this DIY and networking thing, and if I have missed out on some critical information, please let me know. If you need some snaps from the setup, I can attach those if those will be needed to debug and help me.
Thanks.
I had a question for network wiring that I was working on in my house. My setup looks like this.
Comcast input co-ax cable connects to modem (in basement) at a box where there are CAT6 network wires terminating.
A CAT6 male cable connects to the modem that opens to a female connector in the kitchen placed on the wall.
At the Kitchen, I will be placing an apple router. A CAT5e male to male cable is being used to connect the kitchen female wall plug (where it is receiving from the modem) to the router input. When I try to do so, I notice that the router does work.
However, when I connect the router directly to the modem (via a regular CAT5e male to male cable bypassing the kitchen wiring), it works perfectly fine.
For the wiring between the basement and the kitchen wall, I checked the male and female ends and found that the builder used 568A standard (as per some googling to see how 568A wires are connected).
My question here is - do I need to use a cross over cable CAT5e/CAT6 (stranded with 568A scheme) to connect from the wall to the router to make the router work? Or, is there something with the compatibility of CAT5e and CAT6 cables that will not allow this to work?
I am a little new to this DIY and networking thing, and if I have missed out on some critical information, please let me know. If you need some snaps from the setup, I can attach those if those will be needed to debug and help me.
Thanks.
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