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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Helmke" data-source="post: 6503" data-attributes="member: 96">Just wanted to put in a plug for a relatively inexpensive TCP/IP cable tester I&#039;ve been using for a few months now to verify that our Cat5e / Cat6 cable actually meets specs - something that&#039;s kind of important when you&#039;re depending on a skinny cable to carry dozens of channels while risking lots of physical abuse.Black Box TS580A Cat 5/5e/6 Lan Performance Verifier - it&#039;s only a few hundred bucks, but it will verify actual category speeds.&nbsp; Looks like it was made by Fisher-Price, and the operating menus are very clunky, but it&#039;s been doing a solid job making sure our Dante cables are up to snuff.&nbsp; Even found a bad batch of wire from a supplier!The only real annoyance is that it doesn&#039;t have Ethercon jacks, so I either have to use jumpers and adapters (risks compromising the test) or pull the shells off each time I test a cable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Helmke, post: 6503, member: 96"] Just wanted to put in a plug for a relatively inexpensive TCP/IP cable tester I've been using for a few months now to verify that our Cat5e / Cat6 cable actually meets specs - something that's kind of important when you're depending on a skinny cable to carry dozens of channels while risking lots of physical abuse. Black Box TS580A Cat 5/5e/6 Lan Performance Verifier - it's only a few hundred bucks, but it will verify actual category speeds. Looks like it was made by Fisher-Price, and the operating menus are very clunky, but it's been doing a solid job making sure our Dante cables are up to snuff. Even found a bad batch of wire from a supplier! The only real annoyance is that it doesn't have Ethercon jacks, so I either have to use jumpers and adapters (risks compromising the test) or pull the shells off each time I test a cable. [/QUOTE]

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