[NBLUG/talk] Problems wiring Ethernet ports

[Bob Blick]

Is it possible you bought an RJ31x jack by mistake? They are made for
alarms and have a shorting bar integrated into them.

Cheerful regards,

Bob


Lincoln Peters wrote:
> I've been trying to wire my house so that there is an Ethernet port in every 
> room.  I color-coded all five ports, so that I could more easily keep track 
> of them.  Each port in five different rooms is a different color, and there 
> is a faceplate with 5 ports next to my switch, all of which are 
> correspondingly color-coded.  Everything seems to work except for the white 
> ports.
> 
> Usually, the inside of an Ethernet port contains 8 pins, all in an even row.  
> But for some reason, on these ports, pins 3 and 6 seem to be recessed lower 
> than the other pins.  None of the other ports look like these (all pins are 
> even across the port), nor do any of the Ethernet ports on my computers, so 
> I'm guessing I have a bad port here.
> 
> I would provide pictures to illustrate exactly what's going on, but I can't 
> get my digital camera to focus on such small objects in low light.
> 
> Any thoughts as to why these pins might not be even with the others on an 
> Ethernet port?  Might they be defective?
> 
>