If you decide to get a toner and wand, I know Home Depot by Chinook has a couple kits with the toner, probe and something else in it (can't remember) for about $130. They are Harris brand, so not to bad...but should do the trick for you. They also have butt sets if you are looking for that as well.
Wesco distribution has all that kind of stuff as well. They are just off of 58th and Blackfoot. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Shawn > Sent: July 6, 2004 12:47 AM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] OT: Network Wiring > > > Thanks Raimundas. > > I might have access to a tone generator at work (doh! forgot > about that when I > posted earlier). But if not, I think the loopback plug idea might do the > trick. We have a couple of multimeters in the house to help with this. > > I think next month I will invest in some of this specialized > equipment - thus > far, I have a BIX punch, and a RJ45/RJ11 crimper. A tone > generator may be > expensive (approx $130 as I've seen thus far), but would save a > great deal of > grief. > > Thanks all for the responses and "moral support". > > Shawn > > On Monday 05 July 2004 23:50, Raimundas wrote: > > Hi Shawn, > > > > I have some good and some bad news for you. > > 1) You connection of jacks following the B standard was > > a success!!! Now you have all the lines straight (not cross-over) > > connected to your wall outlets. > > 2)Big mess in the cabling is somehow bad news :( > > 3)Another bad news - I do not have a UTP line tester, or else > > I would pleasantly lend it to you. > > 4)I have a solution replacing the UTP line tester. In my > previous follow-up > > to your message I explained how to make a loopback connector for > > an UTP socket. This super-simple device and an ordinary Ohmmeter > > might be helpful in resolving all you cabling mess. In case you need > > some help, I could assist you on weekend. > > > > Ray > > > > Shawn wrote: > > >Round 2.... > > > > > >I originally used the info at this site > > > http://www.alatec.com/info/rj45.html to connect the RJ45 clips. Turns > > > out I used the B standard instead of the A standard, but that > should have > > > still worked in the uplink port on my switch. So, my next step was to > > > pull off the wall plates and see how the drops were run. > Well, wouldn't > > > ya know, they appear to be wired slightly differently, or I > mis-read the > > > guide (looking at it now, I think that particular site makes > it easy to > > > get it wrong...) > > > > > >The wall jacks were wired as follows: > > > > > >1. Green > > >2. White/Green > > >3. White/Orange > > >4. White/Blue > > >5. Blue > > >6. Orange > > >7. Brown > > >8. White/Brown > > > > > >These are connected to what appear to be pre-wired jacks - the > type where > > > you just lay down the wires, and snap the jack shut allowing the jack > > > itself to pierce the insulator and make a connection. So > maybe the jack > > > is just wired odd. > > > > > >Regardless, when I wired the basement with the above pattern, > I was able > > > to get a connection through my switch - for the wrong room of course. > > > Turns out my room is wired with grey Cat5e, and the other bedrooms are > > > wired with blue Cat5e. So now I have a bundle of 7 grey cables in the > > > basement, and no clue which one corresponds to my room. To > make matters > > > worse, I suspect at least half those cables are phone lines, not data > > > lines. Of course, none are labeled. > > > > > >Anyone know how I can get my hands on a tone generator and probe for a > > > couple hours? (sheez... all this just so I can move a couple > of servers > > > out of my room and into the basement, so I can have some quiet at > > > night... <grins>) > > > > > >Shawn > > > > > >>On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:08:22 -0600, Dave Lee wrote > > >> > > >>>Scott McNab wrote: > > >>>>Hopefully they used Cat6 or better for Gig networks. Cat5 for up to > > >>>>100. > > >>> > > >>>Cat5e can also be used for gigabit networks. > > >>> > > >>>Dave > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >clug-talk mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
