If you have bought a box of cable you should still have plenty of cable that currently isn't stuffed through your walls, right? So you can use some of that for testing. Otherwise, if you already had a long patch cord that you know works (test it with a tester or with your PC to a hub) then you could use that.

The idea is to use that cord to make connections around the various wall plates and other connections you now have. This will allow you to start ruling out the different connection points for problems. If you bypass everything you've installed, then you know if the devices are good, etc.. It's just a way to be able to exclude your new connections to find where the problem is.

Works well in car audio as well - run a good RCA pair outside the car when trying to isolate problems with your connections inside.

So, you still come online to post when pissed? Staying away from strippers is probably a good idea. Though that didn't stop me from going to Centerfolds in San Francisco a week and a half ago. And that was after a night of bowling and clubbing. Oh wait, I don't think we're talking about the same kind of strippers.

Bruno