What's wrong with my custom patch cables?

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Published on 2010-04-02T16:29:58Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 16:33 UTC
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I have a box of bulk Cat5e riser cable left over from when I had my house wired. I figured I could use this to make some custom length cables for connecting my computers, switches, etc. I had a crimper already so I bought a bag of RJ45 plugs. I made a few cables several years ago, but my experience/knowledge with this sort of thing is minimal.

None of my cables are working. I don't have a tester so I just plug the cable into a computer and switch but I get no link light. I wired them them all straight-through and visual inspection doesn't show any problems.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

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