[cisco-voip] Old cisco-voip thread on VG-224 dead ports

[Fuermann, Jason]

These are common in our area. They're not "cheap", but they do provide a lot of raw diagnostics that can help you troubleshoot a host of copper problems.
http://www.tecratools.com/pages/telecom/43442.html


From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Chris Lee
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:20 AM
To: Mike King
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Old cisco-voip thread on VG-224 dead ports

That's so cool.  Yet another example for my kids on how we "survived" without computers-Internet-VoIP-dry erase boards-remote controls-cable TV-Video on Demand-etc when we were growing up...

Thanks for sharing.

Chris


On 11/05/2011 08:34 AM, Mike King wrote:
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Tim Reimers <treimers at ashevillenc.gov<mailto:treimers at ashevillenc.gov>> wrote:


You could buy one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-METRO-TEL-CORP-TELEPHONE-LINE-TESTER-VOLT-METER-/190554686851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5df1c583
Or this:


One of my first jobs was installing Low-voltage wiring, and the owner of the company was a Retired New England Telephone/NYNEX/ATT installer.  (He retired in the Mid Eighties)
That's the meter he carried.

He could tell you how long a cable run was by "kicking" the cable. The meter had a battery, and would charge the cable, then flipping the switch would read the Ohms on it, he knew how many ohms equated how many feet.  It was quite impressive then, especially since it had no electronics.







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