I am in the process of cleaning up my cables and as part of it testing all connections. One cat5e wire that snakes thru the walls and I can NOT replace as it's not going to pull around the bends, is showing what seems like a short according to my simple tester. It goes thru wire 1, 2, 3, 4, and then 5 and 6 light up, then when it would be showing 6 5 and 6 flicker and stay lit again, then goes to 7 and 8. This happens with the connectors on either end not plugged into anything. As a matter of fact if I connect the battery powered end of the tester on one end, and don't connect the other end it still does this. I replaced one side of the connector but not the other. Any recommendation on what to do? I have heard there are devices that can literally tell you how far along the cable the short is, but not sure if I would have access to one at the local home depot or what. Thoughts on how to troubleshoot this? Or a different way to wire up the connection to get the most use out of the cable as is?
Thanks.
JR
