cat 5/6 continuity testing

[Sean Wagner]

I would do this and if it is the wiring use a half splitting technique with an 
ohm meter and check between each pin on all the individual wires for ~0 ohms. 
If you have a short that will show it. I would guess it is most likely not a 
short though if you built the cables yourself. Check the ends and make sure 
the pins that stab into the wires are properly penetrating. If you have a 
switch or router in this mess, connect a computer or two to it with known 
good cables to verify it's working. Substitute cables until you find which 
one is causing the problem.

Goodluck

On Monday 01 August 2005 12:44 pm, Major.Mikey wrote:
> On Monday 01 August 2005 12:35 pm, Brien Dieterle wrote:
> > The first thought that crossed my mind, would be to attach a long cable
> > to the wall jack so you can bring the cable back to the closet and just
> > use a regular volt-meter
>
> Why use a volt meter. Just bring the jumper from the demark (COX box on
> your house) to the computer. If it works it is the house wiring. If it
> doesn't work it is a COX problem.
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