Thank you everyone for the the great discussion.
I've done Artur's method a couple of times, but that required the volt meter which I had access to at that time. There was a time when I had to make a loopback adapter to see which port on the switch would light up, doesn't work all the time on gigabit switches though, and can be time consuming. Trying to take a note of which ports are active or inactive before the loopback adapter is plugged in, saves a little headache, but it is still can get challenging to to it with no help on the other end of the cable.
I've noticed when sometimes toning a cable that is connected to the gigabit switch can be a pain, but with my
Ideal VDV Multimedia Cable Tester I am able to select which pairs, or individual pins can be toned and that allows me to fairly quickly find the right cable.
