Re: Creating a home Ethernet out of installed but unused Cat 5

[adykes@xxxxxxxxx (Al Dykes)]

In article <paKdnZpAl8FS70LeRVn-sQ@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
dnoyeB  <Fake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Bennett Price wrote:
>> You could do a simple continuity check with a 9 volt battery, a couple
>> of leads with alligator clips on each end, and a cheap voltmeter - all
>> available at Radio Shack.  Connect the battery to a pair of leads
>> downstairs and see whether you can read 9 volts upstairs.
>>
>> But are you sure it is Cat 5?  You said it's shielded - it seems very
>> odd that the phone company would install a) Cat 5, and b) that it would
>> be shielded.  Could be but odd.
>>
>


If your cable is CAT5/5e/6 it will have the label every couple feet on
the sleeve.  No label; no CAT; no ethernet.

I've never seen shielded CAT-anything but I assume it's also properly
labeled.

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