| 摘要 |
A method is disclosed for testing the integrity of a communication cable. A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a smart network interface (SNI) ( 114 ) has a communications device ( 202 ) located at a building ( 112 ) and coupled to a portion ( 111 ) of a cable ( 109 ) of a communications network ( 100 ), and a controller ( 204 ). The controller is programmed to intercept ( 308 ) a request to test the cable, and perform ( 310, 312, 314 ) an integrity test on the cable according to said request.
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