Lan Cable Tester Recommendations
Hello Folks, Looking for some advice for a lan cable tester. What are you all using? Typical jobs for me are home, small business and pubs. Setting up basic MK lans and wlans. I use electricians with cable certification testers wherever possible to lay new cable or replace faulty ones when needed. I want it to be able to: 1. Check for continuity between 2 data points and get some basic troubleshooting info on faulty cables. 2. survive POE voltage. 2. Be under $500, ideally less if possible. 3. Nice to have but not essential: 3 or so remote units so I can test a few data points at once My pick at this point is the Ideal Network VDV II Plus for around $330. Options I’ve found so far: Ideal networks VDV II, VDV II Plus and VDV II Pro for $184, $327 and $527 Aegis has: Pinga Network IP Test Tool for $295 LAN Tester RJ45 for $110 LAN Tester - RJ45, Coax, Tone $160 RS PRO Network Cable Tester F, RJ12, RJ45, 2670 from rs components $475
Back when I was cabling for a living, I had a nice unit that looked a lot like the VDV II Pro - it made life VERY easy when pulling a bunch of cables at once and then needing to identify them between patch panels and wall sockets ;) These days though, I just have a Pockethernet. Damned thing is fantastic. I charge it maybe once a year. Bluetooth's to my phone, and does basically anything you could possibly want. You can even configure vlan settings etc so can verify voice and data vlan settings on ports with voice+data vlans configured for VOIP phones that're configured to drop their own traffic into a voice vlan, and then pass traffic from a data vlan out their PC port.. Displays POE info, wiremap, Cisco CDP, and also standard LLDP identification so it works on other vendors' switches as well. Oh, does TDR as well. I love the thing! Probably the best thing I've ever backed on Kickstarter. If you don't need the multiple remote probes, have a serious gander at the Pockthernet :) On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 18:51, Matt Hall <matt@screamsaver.net> wrote:
Hello Folks,
Looking for some advice for a lan cable tester. What are you all using?
Typical jobs for me are home, small business and pubs. Setting up basic MK lans and wlans. I use electricians with cable certification testers wherever possible to lay new cable or replace faulty ones when needed.
I want it to be able to:
1. Check for continuity between 2 data points and get some basic troubleshooting info on faulty cables. 2. survive POE voltage. 2. Be under $500, ideally less if possible. 3. Nice to have but not essential: 3 or so remote units so I can test a few data points at once
My pick at this point is the Ideal Network VDV II Plus for around $330.
Options I’ve found so far:
Ideal networks VDV II, VDV II Plus and VDV II Pro for $184, $327 and $527
Aegis has: Pinga Network IP Test Tool for $295 LAN Tester RJ45 for $110 LAN Tester - RJ45, Coax, Tone $160
RS PRO Network Cable Tester F, RJ12, RJ45, 2670 from rs components $475
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On 6/7/19 7:21 pm, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
Back when I was cabling for a living, I had a nice unit that looked a lot like the VDV II Pro - it made life VERY easy when pulling a bunch of cables at once and then needing to identify them between patch panels and wall sockets ;)
These days though, I just have a Pockethernet. Damned thing is fantastic. I charge it maybe once a year. Bluetooth's to my phone, and does basically anything you could possibly want. You can even configure vlan settings etc so can verify voice and data vlan settings on ports with voice+data vlans configured for VOIP phones that're configured to drop their own traffic into a voice vlan, and then pass traffic from a data vlan out their PC port.. Displays POE info, wiremap, Cisco CDP, and also standard LLDP identification so it works on other vendors' switches as well. Oh, does TDR as well. I love the thing! Probably the best thing I've ever backed on Kickstarter. If you don't need the multiple remote probes, have a serious gander at the Pockthernet :)
I have a Pockethernet its a great device, the only issue I have is the quality the wiremap/loopback terminator mine was crap from the start. I can not see how to buy them from the website. Mike
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 8:27 pm, Mike O'Connor <mike@oeg.com.au> wrote:
I have a Pockethernet its a great device, the only issue I have is the quality the wiremap/loopback terminator mine was crap from the start.
Yeah true, It could be made more professionally.. it looks a bit iffy... I can not see how to buy them from the website. Are you on https://pockethernet.com ? There’s a big order now button on mobile :) Cheers DG -- Damien Gardner Jnr VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust rendrag@rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ -- We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder
+1 for the pocket ethernet, great device! On Sat, 6 Jul. 2019, 20:31 Damien Gardner Jnr, <rendrag@rendrag.net> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 8:27 pm, Mike O'Connor <mike@oeg.com.au> wrote:
I have a Pockethernet its a great device, the only issue I have is the quality the wiremap/loopback terminator mine was crap from the start.
Yeah true, It could be made more professionally.. it looks a bit iffy...
I can not see how to buy them from the website.
Are you on https://pockethernet.com ? There’s a big order now button on mobile :)
Cheers
DG --
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