Hello all, I recently moved into my new house and have optimum online for an ISP. The internet runs awesome. That is, when its working. I have networked my house but the issue is I cannot get on the internet through the wires that I networked. I have my cable line which is split into the cable for the tv and then the modem. The modem is then hooked into a router which has 4 cat5e wires connected with 2 wires that lead to 2 seperate rooms. But herein lies the problem that I cannot get internet through 3 of the 4 wires.I have tested the router to make sure the router wasn't bad and it works fine when used with other cat5e wires. So really what it comes down to is the wires that I used to network the house with. But the thing is 1 out of 4 wires used from the roll of cat5e wire I used works so how can the wire I'm using be defective? This roll was used in my previous home and I had no problems whatsoever. Now in one of the rooms I cannot get internet from the HP laptop, or my xbox. However my friends macbook connects with no problem from the same wire. I have checked countless times if I was putting the RJ-45 Connectors on correctly using a 568B wiring. So the problem isn't there. I have checked the line to make sure I didn't put a hole in the wire by pinning them to basement ceiling. So that's not an issue. I have run out of options and I have no where else to go. If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations please let me know. Thanks in advance!

test each port connection with a cross-over cable that you have purchased(or most routers will prolly have been supplied with one). if this facilitates a connection ok, then it is the cables you have fitted yourself that are the problem. it is very common for 'home-made' cables to be incorrect. Also make sure you have crimped a crossover pinout not a straight-thru pinout. -D- nosey aren't ya, readin me sig?

?? I might be reading this wrong. From a router you normally don't need a crossover. Use a tool to test the wires. You can't tell by looking at them. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

99% of the time, the CAT5 connector is to blame. Are you using stranded or solid wire CAT5? Uses two different connectors. And as suggested above by jefro, get yourself a test and run a test on the wires. Data on a normal cat 5 cable are carried on only four wires. One wire out of place and your sunk. It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain