Hi There,

So we have are in the middle of renovating our house (1950s).. and as we go we are installing network points wherever there is a power point. Our first room that we have been able to put them in is completed and the electrician has been and completed their work.

This room has 3 network points with cat6 cable going back to a PP-MINI12-C5E patch panel, which is then patched to a DLINK DGS-1100-08 Switch. All fairly standard.

So i plugged our macbook pro into one of the wall ports, and dont get a link. I tested the cable i was using from macbook to wall directly with the switch and it works, i tested the patch panel cable directly and it works. But from wall to patch panel does not work (i also tested a cross over cable from patch panel to switch, with no luck). 

So i spoke to the electrician and they said they tested the link with their testing tool, and said they would come back and test again if we so wanted - but thats pretty much all they can do. 

Could it be some sort of incompatibility between the switch and the patch panel? (the electrician mentioned that they have seen this before).

Is their anything obviously dumb that i have missed? 

PS ive tested that they labeled the ports wrong :) 

Thanks!