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from: Hex
date: 2003-08-26 08:46:12
subject: homebrewed ethernet/phone cable tester

Hi all! I was wondering if anyone would know how to make a cable tester 
for ethernet/phone cables? I had a few ideas come to mind, but none of 
them really seem like they'd be all too accurate. My theory was to make 
something like a wire testor (the thing you clip to one side of a wire, 
and touch the tip to the other side and if there's a full connection, the 
handle will light up) for each of the 8 wires (ethernet) with a LED for 
each wire. If each wire has a full connection, all the LEDs will light. 
The problem is, I don't think that will work very well if the wires are 
out of sequence, they'd still light up. 

TIA!

-Hex
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