[Leaplist] new office, existing cabling

[Kevin Korb]

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Those are all good suggestions.

Sky craft has a crimper/tester set for <$20 IIRC.  They are cheap tools
but the price is right.

If you decide to hire a company http://www.wiringtech.com/ is the best
in town.

Ray Brunkow wrote:
> Jason Boxman wrote:
>> We're moving offices.  The new building is an improvement, as it
>> actually has Ethernet wired.  I don't have any background working with
>> cabling, so I can't tell which, if any, of the Ethernet cables are hot
>> and functional.  Several of the rooms actually have a multi-drop box
>> of four Ethernet, though one just has a single drop.  (I wonder about
>> Ethernet cabling and VoIP were we to move to it.)
>>
>> There's also a rather complicated punch down board for the phone
>> system.  We're still running a rollover two line analog phone system
>> with voice mail handled upstream by Embarq.  I can determine even less
>> about the wiring for it.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts on handling wiring in a new building?  Do I
>> want to get some device to test the Ethernet cables or just plug stuff
>> in and hope they're actually functional?
>>
>> We're running a Windows desktop per user for three users, plus a
>> GNU/Linux box for managing DNS, Samba, email, and such.
>>
>> One day I still want to go VoIP.  I watched Jesse Rhodes' excellent
>> presentation via John Simpson's hosted video.  There are a lot of
>> moving parts, though.
>>
>> Any cabling issues I should be on the lookout for for Ethernet or the
>> RJ11?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
> You could use a beeper/wand combo to see what wire goes to were in
> addition it might be a good idea to put a data-line tester on each line
> for both phone and ethernet.  As far as the punch down block goes, just
> have to tone out the wires and follow them closely across the block.
> 
> Companies do this for about $50-$150/hr.  I run $50 just for testing and
> identification and labeling of lines and $75 per drop for new lines.
> 

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