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need to be patient and possibly assist in diagnosing a problem when
it comes up.
+
+* <2023-12-10 Sun> ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+- was able to fix the wired ethernet in our walls. seems there were a
+ number of issues:
+ 1. poor wiring for ethernet
+ - on the patch panel it seemed that 'someone' just pushed wires
+ into them w/out using a punchdown tool.
+ - the wires were unraveled and out of their outer protective sheath.
+ 2. the wires were configured for the 'T568A' configuration where all
+ wiring everywhere else in our network uses 'T568B'
+ - this may FINALLY explain why the speeds were so slow. i think
+ that we were only operating on 4 wires not all 8.
+- when cable tests were performed i saw the numbers come back like so:
+
+ |-------------+------------------|
+ | main tester | secondary tester |
+ |-------------+------------------|
+ | 1 | 3 |
+ | 2 | 6 |
+ | 3 | 1 |
+ | 4 | 4 |
+ | 5 | 5 |
+ | 6 | 2 |
+ | 7 | 7 |
+ | 8 | |
+ |-------------+------------------|
+
+ - the 'main tester' always displayed the numbers in the correct
+ order; but the 'secondary tester' displayed them in the order
+ listed in the table above. i realized at some point that i was
+ getting numbers where it seemed as thou the wires are 'T568A'
+ instead of the standard 'T568B'. at one point i did my punchdown
+ on the keystone jack again cuz i thought i did something
+ incorrectly.
+
+ - i didnt realize that for Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s) you only need
+ pins 1, 2, 3 and 6.
+
+ - references
+ https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+test+an+Ethernet+Cable/158750
+
* speed tests --------------------------------------------------------------
the following are speed tests run from NN546