Hi Hex,

Hi Who? Can we have a real name please!

On 26-Aug-03, Hex wrote to All:


 H> Hi all! I was wondering if anyone would know how to make a cable tester
 H> for ethernet/phone cables? I had a few ideas come to mind, but none of

Yes, Varuios ideas come to mind, but I need to know your level of
competance to know how to approach the problem.

 H> them really seem like they'd be all too accurate. My theory was to make
 H> something like a wire testor (the thing you clip to one side of a wire,
 H> and touch the tip to the other side and if there's a full connection, the
 H> handle will light up) for each of the 8 wires (ethernet) with a LED for
 H> each wire. If each wire has a full connection, all the LEDs will light.
 H> The problem is, I don't think that will work very well if the wires are
 H> out of sequence, they'd still light up.

True, you need something more sophisticated than that.

 H> -Hex
 H> SysOp / Hex's Hideout
 H> telnet://desire.rains.net:999
 H> -!- SBBSecho 2.00-Linux
 H>  - Origin:  (1:11/9999)

Can't find the BBS in my nodelist, so I can't work out your real name
or where you are :-(. Shouldn't the origin be 1:261/9999 ?

George

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