Questions tagged [wiring]
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Cracked wires on Dell Optiplex L280e-01 power supplies
I have 19 Dell Optiplex XE SFF computers that were manufactured between 2009 and 2013, and I've noticed a severe defect with insulation falling off of the wiring on the power supplies with early (<...
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Can a miswired ethernet cable destroy a client when connected to a POE switch?
This question is similar to Can a miswired UTP cable destroy a router? - except my circumstances are more specific.
I have a client (A solax Hybrid inverter), where the installer wired the ethernet ...
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Ethernet Wall Sockets - Wiring Issue
I have a strange issue with my home network I'm trying to fix. Please see the pictures below….
Any ideas as to why this isn't working?
Thanks, J
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Just to add a bit more information... as I was ...
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Cat 5 Terminal Wiring
I bought a house where most of the rooms (including my office) have been wired in with cat5 cable and they all run to the terminal block seen in the attached pics which is in the basement. Yesterday I ...
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What are the effects of different wire lengths on a single Ethernet cable?
Typically the wire lengths inside an Ethernet cable are all relatively equal. I know there must be some slight variance between the length of the individual wires inside cable due to some twisting ...
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How do I test a bus connection for functionality?
How can I determine if I have a good profibus connection? I want to be able to test my hard wire connection to make sure that isn't the problem. Ideally I would like to be able to test it at up to ...
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Easy LanMap Creation
I am a student and I want to take the LanMap of the entire Building. There are at least 10 switch boxes with 2 in each floor on a 5 storied building. Each Switch Box contains 2 Switches with 24/48 ...
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Can I wire an 8pin double case fan into 2 x 4pin fan headers, or USB?
I have 2 x Delta 92x38mm EFB0912HHE Triple Blade High Speed Case Fan - Sleeved, which both have 4 wires which are spliced into an 8-pin connector, but only using 6 of the pins (2 are sharing 2 wires ...
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Issue with network cable
We recently had a garden studio installed in our back garden and I asked them to lay a network cable (steel armoured) from the front of the house, where the main router is located, to the garden ...
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Powering USB Cable From Different Head
I Have a Mikrotik RB951UI-2HND router, and a Huawei E5577 Modem Wi-Fi with modded firmware so it can run without battery (directly from power source). So I want to connect the two together with USB ...
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Fuse amperage for laptop PSU
I have cord that is rather short, so I found a longer one and wanted to swap the IEC [kettle lead] type.
I checked the fuse to see if they are the same new one is a 5A & the existing one is 13A; ...
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Wiring patch panel for CAT6 wiring questions
I have all cables just hanging off the ceiling. So, I got wall mount rack (8RU), 2 panels (24 each)
Now I have couple questions:
Is there standard/common height where I need to mound rack?
Ceiling ...
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Route existing network connections to new location?
This is a home situation. Have 20 devices throughout the house wired into the basement into a HP gigabit switch (with support for 2 fiber connections). Switch also has my router/cable model plugged ...
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2 Pair Ethernet not working
I have one 4 pair cable. The brown pair is being used for a telephone (that is working). I took the green & orange pairs and punched those down to a CAT6 block and added a CAT6 connector at the ...
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How to add a new DSL line
I have a DSL connection coming into my kitchen. I don't want my router and modem on the kitchen counter. What is the best way to add a second connection? Can I simply add a second twisted pair to the ...
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