|  | 9.7 | Range of Equipment for Testing Structured Cabling Projects
| 9.7.13 | Cable testing procedures

| Lab Activity
| In this lab, you will use the Fluke 620 (or equivalent) to perform cable verification experiments on newly installed cable runs.

Your instructor will demonstrate some of the tests that can be performed with a cable tester. In some instances, the tests will indicate that problems exist. You will be asked to outline how you would determine what the problems are, and describe how you would fix them.

During the second half of the lab, you will be asked to demonstrate your ability to use a star topology to set up a simple Ethernet LAN. Your instructor will evaluate you on your ability to handle the cable correctly, and to lay, and punch down wires, in a jack, and at a patch panel, so that there are good connections.

After you complete the connections for your star topology LAN, you will be asked to test it. If tests indicate problems, you will be asked to diagnose and troubleshoot those problems. The goal in this series of lab exercises is to produce a completely functional star topology LAN that meets TIA/EIA and IEEE specifications.

| Web Links
| Cabling Glossary
| Network Test Equipment