I'm just closing on a new house this week and it has network runs to every room in the house. The runs end in a small patch panel in a closet. There are additional runs that are wired in as phone ...

I've just bought a house. It has Ethernet cables installed with ports in almost every room. The installation could be pretty old - is there a way to easily identify what kind of cable is installed ...

Remember that one time the cable you grabbed from the box was exactly the right length for the run from patch panel to server shelf? What if every patch cable you picked up were just the right length?