Re: OT: Network Cable Tester

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:56 -0600
drew einhorn <drew.einhorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are some dirt cheap Chinese ones.
I bought one and sorted out a bunch of bad cables.
It was already worth the money I'd spent.

Then the tester died.
What did I expect?
It was dirt cheap.

I'm looking for something better.
I think I see folks selling the dirt cheap
tester for a lot more money. Maybe
it's a knock off of a better tester and
the pictures just look the same.

For a whole lot of money I can get
something that does bandwidth testing,
and prints fancy reports, ...
I can't afford anything like that.

I'm looking for something that's durable.
I can count on it lasting, and being able
to use it tomorrow.

Checks for opens, shorts, and miswired pairs.
Hmm. I wonder if some similarly and reasonably priced
testers can detect more kinds of wiring errors.

Any recommendations?


Do you have margins set at 50-60 characters or were we supposed to read
that in iambic pentameter? :)

If you're working with devices at height, wireless APs,security cameras
etc. save up for something that's not going to explode the first time
you drop it off a six foot ladder, ie. has a nice rubber jacket.

I'm also partial to Fluke, but there are others.

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