[COLUG] Testing Cat5e

[Duane]

Mike Harrold wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have cat5e all over my house all coming down to the basement where
> the switches and router sit.  At some point in time, some of the labelling
> has detached from the cables in the basement so I am unsure of what
> came from where.  I am now, of course, trying to hook up a connection
> from an area whose label is on the floor.  I thought I had narrowed it
> down to 2 possibilities, but it appears as I was wrong as neither work.
> 
> What is the simplest/cheapest way of testing the basement end if I have,
> for example, a constant "ping" running on the computer that I am trying
> to hook up?  At this point I just need to figure out which cable it is (and
> for that matter, all the others so I can relabel them).

do the wall plates or what not that you thought they were hooked up to
actually light up an ethernet card at all?

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