[SOLVED] toning a network cable to a network closet

[CHANGEDUDEUSF]

I am attempting to tone a network cable to a network closet. So I stuck the toner on the network jack that I was checking. Then I went to the network closet and tried to use the probe to find the network cable. I was unable to find the network cable. Then I got on a ladder to follow the network cable in the ceiling. I noticed that the cable was going in the complete opposite direction of the network closet. There is only one network closet in this building. Does this mean there was an old network closet that the owner of the building does not know about? Does this mean my toner and probe is to cheap to reach the network closet? Is there some other option I am missing? Isn't there a physical limitation of a hundred feet for network cables and network closets? Do I need to go through the ceiling and follow the network cable? What are my options here?

 

[kanewolf]

I am attempting to tone a network cable to a network closet. So I stuck the toner on the network jack that I was checking. Then I went to the network closet and tried to use the probe to find the network cable. I was unable to find the network cable. Then I got on a ladder to follow the network cable in the ceiling. I noticed that the cable was going in the complete opposite direction of the network closet. There is only one network closet in this building. Does this mean there was an old network closet that the owner of the building does not know about? Does this mean my toner and probe is to cheap to reach the network closet? Is there some other option I am missing? Isn't there a physical limitation of a hundred feet for network cables and network closets? Do I need to go through the ceiling and follow the network cable? What are my options here?

Ethernet cable length is 100 meters.
Tracing cable in commercial installations can be challenging. I don't have a better recommendation than visual/two-person "tug the cable" tracing.

 

[bill001g]

You would have to look up the device to see what the distance limitation is. It should go a very long way. It is putting a tiny radio signal into the cable so there will be some loss but it is not going to be like a LED tester that need a certain amount of voltage and current to light leds.

 

[SamirD]

I think you've discovered the fear anytime you're tracing cables--it's not going to where you expect it to go. You can use a toner on the wire or even on the wall itself if the signal is leaking enough out of the wire--and just keep following it. My guess is that is the demarc cable so it terminates outside.