lost the "crunch"

[James Knott]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> It's been a long time since I've crimped an RJ-45 onto cat 5 cable. I'm
> not getting any data through the finished ethernet cable. I have the
> colours correct: w-gr, gr, w-or, bl, w-bl, or, w-br, br (left to right
> from pin 1 as you are looking at the side without the clip). I'm just
> not getting that "crunch" I used to get when crimping.
>
> Any ideas. I'll just keep trying to get that crunching feeling back
> while I await response...
>

Can you see that the pins are in fact pushed down into the wires?  Do
you get continuity on any of the wires?  Is it a good crimper that
you've used before?

Without actually seeing a connector, it's hard to guess.

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