[Ashish] posted a nice looking cable tester that you can build with or without an onboard Arduino. If you don’t use an Arduino, the project uses a 555 chip to test the eight wires in an Ethernet ...

Ethernet cable testers are dime a dozen, but none of them are as elegant and multimeter-friendly as this tester from our Hackaday.io regular, [Bharbour]. An Ethernet cable has 8 wires, and the 9 vo… ...

It can also determinewhether the cable is a straight-linkor a cross-link type. IC 1 , a small, six-pin Microchip PIC10F200 microcontroller,performs the test. On power-up,the four I/O pins act as ...

The CableMaster 210 is an Ethernet cable tester that is small enough to fit in your pocket. It includes a large LCD, backlit display and remote that neatly docks inside the local tester. For ...

I am in the market for a good cable tester. I am not in the mood to spend $5k on a Fluke meter, yet I don't want some cheap POS that just has two LEDs on it either. I don't need packet analysis or ...

Sanwa started selling the LAN cable tester LAN-256003PRO. A LAN cable tester can check the connection and shield status, presented on a small display.

The IENet PRO Industrial Ethernet Cable Tester integrates M12 and RJ45 ports and shows results in Profinet format. The tester enables the user to verify the integrity of two-pair and four-pair ...

Network testers are ideal for IDing bad cabling, helping to troubleshoot network issues, estimating cable lengths and determining cable rates. These tools from Fluke Networks, NETSCOUT, and ...

LAN cable tester tackles Cat. 7 cable The LANTEK 7 cable tester can certify 750 MHz installations, making it compliant with emerging Cat. 7/ISO F standards. The tester’s link adapters lock into the ...

Cat6a test results for the "category 7" $340 Vodka Ethernet cable. Blue Jeans Cable Cat6a test results for an off-the-shelf Blue Jeans Cable 1.5 meter Cat6a cable (about $16.50). Blue Jeans Cable ...

An easier way to test your network cables is to replace them. If you don't notice any difference even after replacing the cables, it is safe to assume that the cable is not faulty so you can move ...

As long as your Ethernet cable reaches, you'll see little to no loss in speed. You can compare Wi-Fi and Ethernet speeds by running a quick speed test using both connections.