OT: Network Cable Tester

[Victor Padro]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Roger Neth Jr <baypos at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have used a Fluke 620 for 8 years and works great for what your needs are,
> look on ebay also.
>
> Roger
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:01 PM, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com>
> 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?
>>
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The very best ones are from Fluke.

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