A network technician needs to determine which port on a busy 48-port patch panel connects to an unlabeled wall outlet in a newly renovated conference room. Which hardware troubleshooting tool should the technician connect to the outlet to trace the physical cable run back to the correct patch panel port?
- Tone generator and probe kitCevap
- BTime-domain reflectometer (TDR)
- CLoopback plug
- DMultimeter
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The tone generator and probe kit is the correct tool for placing a signal on a wire pair to audibly trace and identify the corresponding patch panel termination.
The correct tool is a tone generator and probe kit (often called a fox and hound). The tone generator injects a signal onto the copper cabling at the wall outlet, and the inductive probe picks up the generated electromagnetic tone at the patch panel end, allowing rapid identification of the unlabeled port.
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Cable Tracing and Identification Tools