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from: John Tserkezis
date: 2004-07-26 15:45:46
subject: Re: Computer dead end

From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Niels Petersen wrote:

>>   Think about it Bob.  We don't know where this broken end IS.  That's why
>> we were doing this to find out in the first place...

> I use a spare terminator and work my way through the computers from 1 end.
> This usually pinpoints the break reasonably quickly.

  Yes but.  We had links in the walls inbetween some machines where the cable 
run was too short otherwise, and there's the minor point of cables running 
between floors as well.

  In some cases, there were two network segments run to a particular area, and 
we had no idea what went where let alone unhooking everything and 
systematically checking everything.
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