I am hoping that a fellow CPer can assist with this mundane question that i probably should know the answer to... i know a little bit about this but i am more of a doer, not a thinker for networks.
I pulled a bunch of CAT6 cable in my house and labeled it on both ends; we had a contractor finish the basement and i don't know how, but all of the locations that i wrote on the cable ends has disappeared. I don't know if the Sharpie ink just dried up and faded, or where the writing went to.
i found this tool:
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX16399 that can be used to tell the problems with the cable, and which cable is which, but then i would have to end all of the cables in the basement; half of them will be telephone cables so work i would like to avoid if possible other than putting the correct end on.
are there any tools out there that can help tell which cable is which? it is all twisted pair cable so i guess my ask is if there is a tool out there where i can put say, orange cable in a room and orange cable in the server room, without ending it, and find out which cable is which?
Thanks CP!