I wired my house with Cat6 cable. I bought some ends and a crimper. From botom to top, tab on the back I did wht green/ green / wht brown / brown / wht blue / blue / wht orange / orange. They are matched on both ends.

I have a Acer net book that when I plug the Ethernet line in I get an IP and green lights on the back of the router. If I plug in a Panasonic bluray or the WD TV live Plus I just bought I get nothing. I switched plugs in the router and that does not affect it. I ran double lines of Cat 6 and I get the same result on both lines.

Is there a difference between Cat 5 and Cat 6 that would cause this problem? They are both 8 wire cables and the connections are both 8 wire. Why does the PC work and not the other two devices? I made a shorter cable to run from the desk top to the router and it works fine as well and this thing is 6 years old. The cables I am having problems with are about 70-80 ft long.

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I forgot to mention that when I hooked up the WD TV device to a 5 ft store bought Cat5 cable it worked fine.

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