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Loss of connection with patch panel

Asked by christucker in Networking Cables, Structured Cabling

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We are rewiring our network and introducing patch panels to keep things organized.  Everything for the most part has gone smoothly.  However, we are having connection problems with a few of the hosts.  Our old cable design is having a cat5 cable running straight from the computer to a Nortel or HP switch.  In some cases we have a few computers connected to a small hub or switch, and from that small hub or switch a cat5 cable that runs to our main Nortel or HP switches.  What we are doing is taking the cat5 cables that run to our main two switches, cutting off the connectors, and punching them down on a patch panel, then connecting the panel to a main switch with a patch cable.  

As I mentioned before, this has gone well expect for a few instances where when we move the old cable to the patch panel and then connect the patch cable, we get link lights on the switch and on the NIC card of the computer, but no connection.  If you look at the computer, it says it is connected, yet all pings and connection attempts fail.  We've tried different patch cables, different ports on the switch, different ports on the patch panel, and even ran a new cable from the computer to the patch panel but with no luck.  I've checked our main switches and there are no collisions or errors being reported.  This has happened with a direct connection from the patch panel to the computer, and from the patch panel to one of our small switches.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.Start Free Trial
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