OT: Network Cable Tester

[David Curtis]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:56 -0600
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?


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.