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Date: 2006-11-26 10:37 pm (UTC)The layout is this: drop from 8-port auto-sensing switch in server cupboard to socket in my room. Plain cable to my switch (specifically, the crossed port on my switch). Cable from there to socket in next-door room, with a computer on the end of that.
Both runs are crossed, thanks to I think pinouts.ru being wrong (or me misreading their site - the sockets are wired to 'A').
Hook mine up - it works, as the switch upstairs is auto-sensing. Hook housemante's up, and it no work. Ponder for a while, confused as to what is up because both runs tested fine.
Get the smart idea of jotting down just what's crossed according to the tester with a different cable, and realise I've swapped a pair. Other housemate asks if the first test cable was a crossover, at which point the traditional ightbulb appears and I plug first housemate's link into the crossed port on the switch.
Laugh at my amusing failure.