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Originally Posted by Spuds
Fun problem, I've got 5 Ethernet (Cat5,RJ45) cables that go nowhere I can find in my new house. None of them have any signals or returns based on the tester I'm using except for one. Wire #6 lights up bright, and ground is dim/pulsing. Wtf is going on?
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I suggest you just ignore all of the old cables in your house and wire it up fresh.
We have lived in our house for over 25 years. The first owner had cable wired into the house when it was built (so it appears). After we moved in and over the years, I have run cables to every room (including the bathrooms) for various reasons.
About 2 years ago, our Internet/TV reception didn't seem to be working quite right so I had the Comcast (local cable provider) come out and look at it. He went into the basement and saw the maze of cables running everywhere and asked me what they were all about.
I told him that some of them I had no idea and the others I had forgotten why I ran them to where they went. He shook his head and suggested we start all over. So, after he found out where the TV was, where the phone was and where I wanted my modem, he wired them up all fresh.
Oh yes, also he did discover that the signal from the box up by the street to the box attached to the house was weak, so they ran new wires between the two.
(back in the day, it was simpler, we had 4 wires that were bundled and went to the phone and a flat cable thing that had two wires that went from the outside TV antennae to the TV (after we finally got a TV).
humfrz - the cable guy -
