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Hi all,
On a recent job (electrical) the customer asked if I could add them a point to hard wire his computer to his internet. I put him an ethernet socket at each end, ran a piece of cat 5 in between and terminated with punch tool as per a bt socket. Customer reported not being able to get connected to the internet, they've got a lead out of the router into one socket and a lead into their computer at the other. I went back with a network cable tester so I could check my connections. Plugged into both ends with a long lead in between and it flashed through in sequence all fine.
So from my point of view all looked fine but still no internet. I gave him a long lead which we trailed upstairs and he could get internet fine. The run between sockets is only 10m max. Wondering if anyone could spot anything obvious or had any ideas on what is wrong.
Many thanks
On a recent job (electrical) the customer asked if I could add them a point to hard wire his computer to his internet. I put him an ethernet socket at each end, ran a piece of cat 5 in between and terminated with punch tool as per a bt socket. Customer reported not being able to get connected to the internet, they've got a lead out of the router into one socket and a lead into their computer at the other. I went back with a network cable tester so I could check my connections. Plugged into both ends with a long lead in between and it flashed through in sequence all fine.
So from my point of view all looked fine but still no internet. I gave him a long lead which we trailed upstairs and he could get internet fine. The run between sockets is only 10m max. Wondering if anyone could spot anything obvious or had any ideas on what is wrong.
Many thanks