On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 19:37, Lan Barnes wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:25:44PM -0700, Jim Doyle wrote: > > > > 2. (O.T. maybe) I have a 1000 feet of Cat 5e cable I won on "The Price > > is Right" and I would like to test it from end to end. Can I put a RJ45 > > on each end and use "YOUR" tester (at the meeting) to test it. I don't > > have the connectors or the tester. I have always wanted to see a tester > > in action. > > > > What kind of test? Continuity? That is my question. I would like to know what the modern testers can do. Can they test all 8 wires for shorts and also continuity (at the same time)? Some kind of frequency test also? etc
> Strip the wires and use a circuit light. A little archaic for broadband. How about Cat5 speaker wire? http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html > Eth0? ???? > There are distance limits. 1,000 ft (333 yd) might be OK, but I > donno. 100 meters for Cat5 (this is only a concept). > > -- > Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
