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Anyone know of any cheap reliable network testing equipment?

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Cables

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Cables

 

What do you want to test? If the cable works? Speed? ...?

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There are cable testers on Amazon for around £3. They will tell you if the cable is wired correctly. There are also devices that will help you follow and find cables in bunches of other cables. They cost quite a lot more though.

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There are cable testers on Amazon for around £3. They will tell you if the cable is wired correctly. There are also devices that will help you follow and find cables in bunches of other cables. They cost quite a lot more though.

Then there are these things:

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/greenlee-professional-tone-and-probe-energy-tester/231167046.html?listingId=298006465&scid=pla_google_JMPrime&adid=18172&gclid=CLmPp_W1w70CFUYV7AodbVAAaQ

Do those things work on Ethernet, or are they exclusively for phone line? 

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Those are for following specific cables in bunches. They are pretty amazing to see IRL.

 

They will work with any 4 pair copper cable.

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Those are for following specific cables in bunches. They are pretty amazing to see IRL.

 

They will work with any 4 pair copper cable.

Cool. 

My work place owns one (I'm an IT Operator). We use it to punch phone lines to cubicles. I haven't tried it with Ethernet, but the connector and Female to Female adapter is both for RJ11/12. He'd probably need to buy a different adapter to use it with Ethernet (the RJ45 connector is slightly bigger than RJ11/12 IIRC). 

We also have a Cable tester, and it works for both because the port is big enough for RJ45 but accommodates RJ11/12 as well.

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Interestingly, I can hear the tone without the amplifier. Depending on where it's connected on the phone board. 

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Cool. 

My work place owns one (I'm an IT Operator). We use it to punch phone lines to cubicles. I haven't tried it with Ethernet, but the connector and Female to Female adapter is both for RJ11/12. He'd probably need to buy a different adapter to use it with Ethernet (the RJ45 connector is slightly bigger than RJ11/12 IIRC). 

We also have a Cable tester, and it works for both because the port is big enough for RJ45 but accommodates RJ11/12 as well.

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Interestingly, I can hear the tone without the amplifier. Depending on where it's connected on the phone board. 

Mainly RJ45 but RJ11/12 may come in handy.

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What do you want to test? If the cable works? Speed? ...?

Almost all of those.

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Almost all of those.

 

The only thing that is affordable that can do that is this: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pockethernet-the-swiss-army-knife-for-network-administrators

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I'm going to try and get one of these, but I cant find out where to buy it.

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I'm going to try and get one of these, but I cant find out where to buy it.

My hopes and dreams have been smashed it's too late.

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