peejaygee
Standard Member
I recently signed up for a fibre optic connection with orange and now have a Livebox 5 installed. The house is relatively new and had
rj45 sockets installed in all rooms. Since the Livebox arrived, their is no connection between the router and any of the rj45 sockets.
My electrician is completely baffled and tells me the cabling is OK. the wifi and phoneline function properly and if i connect my mac directly into it, it works perfectly.
I baulk at the idea of getting a nertwork specialist in and a friend has suggested i strip out the current wiring and merely use a
long rj45 lead through the already installed pipework.
Is this a crazy idea? No run will be more than 25mtrs.
If it is a goer, what patch lead should I create. I have been reading up and saw this statement
"If you require a cable to connect two Ethernet devices directly together without a hub or when you connect two hubs together, you will need to use a Crossover cable instead."
Is this what I need? If not, can anyone help me out.
Thanks
rj45 sockets installed in all rooms. Since the Livebox arrived, their is no connection between the router and any of the rj45 sockets.
My electrician is completely baffled and tells me the cabling is OK. the wifi and phoneline function properly and if i connect my mac directly into it, it works perfectly.
I baulk at the idea of getting a nertwork specialist in and a friend has suggested i strip out the current wiring and merely use a
long rj45 lead through the already installed pipework.
Is this a crazy idea? No run will be more than 25mtrs.
If it is a goer, what patch lead should I create. I have been reading up and saw this statement
"If you require a cable to connect two Ethernet devices directly together without a hub or when you connect two hubs together, you will need to use a Crossover cable instead."
Is this what I need? If not, can anyone help me out.
Thanks