How do you troubleshoot a cat-5 drop? [more inside]
posted by Loto on Dec 14, 2009 - 16 answers

Where can I find a cheap network cable tester, tomorrow morning, in NYC? [more inside]
posted by provolot on Oct 14, 2009 - 4 answers

If i want to install a network socket box in an office, each with 2 ports, how do I wire it? [more inside]
posted by chillmost on Jan 22, 2007 - 20 answers

Please recommend a cat5/RJ45/network cable tester to troubleshoot existing wiring. [more inside]
posted by Kwantsar on Jan 4, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm setting up some telephone lines, and well, I really don't want to lay more wires than I have to. So this is the deal, I've got five telephone lines, and three telephone (rj11) jacks. We've just installed wifi, and so a number of unused ethernet cables. Is it possible to buy an adaptor that will allow me to use a cat5 cable to send plain old telephone over them? [more inside]
posted by Freen on Jun 21, 2005 - 11 answers