[COLUG] Testing Cat5e

[Robert Foreman]

You don't have to spend a lot of money for a cheap cable tester, and
they are quite handy especicially if you do any of your own crimping:

http://www.amazon.com/Network-Cable-Tester-RJ-45-Crimping/dp/B000YQUARI/ref=pd_bbs_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1201093620&sr=8-6

But using a computer and switch works just as well assuming the cable
is pinned out correctly. I had Cat5e in my house also, but I had to
change the punch downs for Ethernet. Only 2 wires were originally
connected as it was wired out for phone service.

On Jan 22, 2008 5:37 PM, Mike Harrold <harrold.family at gmail.com> 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).
>
> TIA!
>
> /Mike
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