Checking RJ-45 and RJ-7 Jacks?

Can anyone suggest a simple and inexpensive way to test either or both RJ-45 and/or RJ-7 (Network and Phone) jacks? My business is moving to larger office space. The new space already has both network and phone jacks installed. But I would like to test them prior to moving our furniture in. Since a jack is on one side and nothing is connected to the "other end" of the wiring, is it possible to test these jacks? Can someone suggest how? I can always call my networking guy to come in and do the testing, but he is $100 / hr :( Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks! Daisy

quickest way to test is to put a phone on each end of the jacks and see if you can hear, and put a laptop on each end or a router/hub and a laptop on each end. It will not give you the detailed readouts on the line quality and such, but it will confirm rather the jacks are active and any line breaks that will prevent the lines from working properly.

yes there are tools that testing RJ-45and/or RJ-7

good luck

Regards Steven

well the cheapest and quickest way is to plug a phone up to the phone jacks and see if you get a dial tone and can dial out. the network jacks will be a little trickier. there has to be a central location that those go to which is where you would have your modem/router setup. there is equipment you can buy out there that will test jacks like that. good luck!