[105369] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors - A Standard
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Jackson)
Thu Jun 19 21:46:27 2008
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:45:50 -0500
From: "Tim Jackson" <jackson.tim@gmail.com>
To: "Nathan Ward" <nanog@daork.net>
In-Reply-To: <84C1D04C-0AA6-47F0-9A14-1D1097685575@daork.net>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
This one is plenty safe to stick on a live cable, plus it works a whole lot
better than the old analog ones:
http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/products/IntelliTone+Toner+and+Probe/Overview.htm?categorycode=CPTT
--
Tim
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Nathan Ward <nanog@daork.net> wrote:
> On 20/06/2008, at 4:19 AM, Glen Turner wrote:
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>> A useful tool is a audio cable tracer. When disconnecting
>> a PC you attach the signal injector. You then use the other
>> half of the tool to identify the cable (it buzzes when near).
>> This allows the patch cables to be pulled with certainty
>> rather than left in the rack just in case it attached to some
>> other host and you fear causing an unplanned outage.
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> You whack on one of these things when there's still active gear on the end?
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> Nathan Ward
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