i work as a systems admin but occasionally need to troubleshoot
ethernet and telephone runs. i am looking for recommendations on a
decent tone tracer and lineman's handset that isn't going to break the
bank. right now i am using a lowend Test-Um toner, and the sensitivity

I just bought a brand new house. All the wiring for the house telephone
lines was done with CAT5e cable, and all the ports have RJ45. There is
a large junction box in the garage that contains all the coax cable and
cat5e cables.

Is anyone familiar with the Toshiba Strata DK280 PBX? I'm not a
professional installer - just a guy trying to fumble through it ;) It's
a DKSUB280A. I don't have any documentation, and I need to know 2
things:

I just moved into a new home, about 2 years old.  I was going to run a
telephone line to one of the rooms (office), but ran into a couple of
things that have me stumped.
There are 4 phone jacks currently installed.  Each one of them have 2

Where are some of you experienced techs finding side jobs? I need to
get some side work for extra money, but having a hard time finding. Any
suggestions for an experienced, yet young tech???

hi, any one ever used the newly release wirescope pro? just bought  one
myself, operate easily, but can't find any support page from agilent,
wonder how i'm going to upgrade the unit.!!!! byw, can't find a link
for me to register this unit too!!!

I wasn't sure if anyone here would have an answer for this but i
thought I would give it a shot. I currently work as a recruiter for a
company that needs technicians nationwide for things like cabling, voip
installs, residential commercial etc. etc.