I have recently installed a new six port patch panel on my network. All the nodes on the network are working fine as far as sending and receiving data. The only cable I am having trouble with is the connection from the broadband modem to my firewall/router. If I wire it direct from the modem to the router it works fine, however if I run it through my patch panel I LOSE connectivity. My thoughts are that the send and receive pairs in the cat5e cable are fine but the connection from the modem to router uses more than the send and receive wires (green pair and orange pair if I am not mistaken).

I eventually want to upgrade to 1000Mbps which from my understanding uses all eight wires in the cat5 cable, so It is critical that they are correct.

I wire the RJ45 connectors as follows
green/white, green, orange/white, blue, blue/white, orange, brown/white, brown

This is the link to the wiring diagram for the female RJ45 in the patch panel.

Any info on this matter is appreciated.
http://homeowner.onqlegrand.com/pdf/is_sheets/IS-1507033.pdf
The modem & router connection don't use extra wires. The problem probably lies in the fact that the wires are SET up wrong. First double CHECK to make sure that the wires are in the correct ORDER just in case. SECOND if they are in the correct order then you probably have to flip them. Meaning you may need to use a crossover cable for this particular device but you're trying to use just a straight through cable.