It s not enough just to have pin 1 connected to pin 1 pin 2 to pin 2 and so on.
Cat5e wall jack not working.
If the wall jacks are using the more standard wire colors you have the brown and orange pairs swapped.
The cables that are inside the walls have to go some where and be connected to something in order for them to work.
A cat 5e cable is made up of four pairs.
If you think of a as a chain made up of series of links it will help you better visualize and understand the possible points of failure.
The cables are not terminated or connected to a switch thus all of the additional wall jacks are a dead end.
The plastic jacket is suppose to be crimped inside the jack it help prevent the wires from being pulled loose.
Each jack should have a cable that is running to a central location.
So i live in a new house we moved into it about 5 months ago when i say new i mean it s just build around 2 3 years ago the original owner put in a ethernet wall jack in each room they each consist of cat5 cat5e and coxial jacks now i pulled the backing off and they are all connected to yellow cables and blue cables ethernet cables now i went into my basement and found the yellow.
The cat5 wall jacks are just like the power outlets in your house.
How to troubleshoot wired cat 5 cat 6 etc network connections.
It also appears these cable were terminated by someone who does not do it often.