Testing Cat 6 Runs

[mstrlucky74]

If you had a run from a comm room to a table top box and instead a running one direct rum from the patch panel to the device you instead run to a consolidation point/patch panel near the device and run a patch cord 15' away to the device where would you be responsible for testing that cable? On up to the consolidation point or also the patch cord? I thought maybe since the patch cord is pre-fab it might be pre-tested as well thus alleviating it from being tested in the field. Thanks.

 

[John120/240]

The patch cord manfacturer should test their product at the factory. Seems to me that you are

only responsible for the integrity of your cable between termination points.

 

[Rampage_Rick]

Check the scope of work...

Typically network wiring is installed as a system and the wiring is tested end-to-end (including the patch cables) This is referred to as a "Channel" test.

Testing from jack to jack (without patch cables) is known as a "Permanent Link" test, since this part of the cabling is more or less permanent.

It's possible that a permanent link can pass testing, and the patch cables can pass, but when connected together they fail testing.