Monday, February 1, 2021

Help Finding Tool

My work has a 48 port cat5e patch panel which runs through the walls to about twelve 4 port wall jacks.
When the panel was setup (before I was hired a few months ago) and the cable was run either the installer didn't correspond the panel numbers to wall numbers and there's no documenting anywhere so tracking down issues is difficult. Or my boss mixed them around or something when she replaced some things in the closet herself.
Is there a tool similar to this (https://www.amazon.com/Fluke-Networks-CIQ-KIT-CableIQ-Generator/dp/B007SSX5PE/ref=sr_1_4) but not $1,000 I can get to find which wall plug corresponds to which number on the panel without testing each and every cable individually with a laptop, an ethernet, and a hours of time.

Mostly looking for a kit like that with remote ID things so I can trace multiple ports back to the panel at a time instead of 1 by 1.

Thank you for any help.



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