Cable problems

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	Question by Keith Newman posted 16 Oct 2002
	Cable problems
I have recently been making cables for a LAN using c5 cables and rj45 connectors, i have tested these on a connection tester and they have all said connected but when i put them into the computer it doesnt work can you help
	Answer by Dmitri Abaimov posted 16 Oct 2002
Dear Keith, Some continuity testers (especially those manual ones) wouldn't tell the problem if , say, pair #2 is connected to a pair #3 and vise versa. They would only tell if a pair is opened or polarity reversed. Make sure you didn't get one of those testers. Other than that there are tons of software-related problems. I obviously cannot tell exactly what's wrong since I don't know what exactly does not work. Sincerely, Dmitri Abaimov, RCDD
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