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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-05-29 20:48, Theo wrote:   
   > In uk.comp.os.linux Java Jive  wrote:   
   >> On 2025-05-29 17:34, Theo wrote:   
   >>> Either that or an RJ45 socket at each end and a multimeter.  But the tester   
   >>> makes it quicker.   
   >>>   
   >>> (can't speak for that tester - you need to test for open circuits, shorts   
   >>> and mis-wired pairs and I can't tell if it does that.  In particular if   
   it's   
   >>> structured wiring you need to be able to test from one end because you   
   can't   
   >>> see both ends at the same time as the cable runs through the building -   
   >>> unless you can run a long patch cable back to the start)   
   >> As I understand, the two halves of those testers slide apart and you can   
   >> put one half at each end to perform the test.   
   >   
   > Do you need to see both ends to run the test, or is one sufficient?   
      
   You need to watch both ends, but doesn't need to be at the same time.   
   Yes, a fault can happen that is only detected at one end. Like the   
   lights going in a different order.   
      
      
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