Posted by Jim on October 21, 2005, 1:31 pm
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I recently purchased a cheapie "enhanced" cable tester. The instructions
that came with it are incomprehensible.
I made up some straight thru 8 pin cat 5e Ethernet cables. I tested the
cables with a continuity meter and there is continuity from one end of the
rj45 to the other at each pin. Also, the cables work fine in a live
network.
Whenever I plug the cable in to this tester, I can only get the 3&6 leds to
light green, the others don't light up at all. I have taken commercially
made cables and they read the same on this tester - so I don't think it's my
cable. I am wiring the cable as a T-568A to T-568A.
Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or give me some simple instructions as
to how to test a straight thru 8 pin RJ45 cat 5 Ethernet cable for
continuity with this tester? I'm not looking for anything exotic, just
continuity.
Here are some links about the specific tester:
http://www.3nc.com/251452eng.htm
http://www.abccables.com/251452.html
http://www.techadvice.com/info/item.asp?cid=1328&pid=328&iid=17250
Thank you in advance for any advice/help!
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