Now that I think of it, I beloved my fluke dtx 1800 asks if you want to continue testing if the map fails. On Sat, Feb 13, 2016, 12:34 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> Well, then you’ve never done a wiring job for a business or school or govt > that requires documented qualification tests on every drop. > > But yeah, I assume Forrest is trying to test that his GbE POE doesn’t > degrade any of the specs like crosstalk, attenuation, return loss, etc., or > to quantify how much you have to derate the 100 meter distance to > compensate for inserting the POE? > > I used to have a Pentascanner, but the Fluke website says that line was > EOM in 2004 and EOS in 2008. Way to make me feel old! No idea if the > current DSX-5000 can test through the transformers in a gigabit POE, or be > convinced to run the qualification tests even if the DC tests fail. > > > *From:* Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:36 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit "cable validator" which validates > *through* a Gigabit PoE Injector? > The only thing that matters to me is iPerf. :-) Granted, I'm not > creating components and troubleshooting why when they're in place they may > not be getting full throughput anymore. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Forrest Christian (List Account)" <li...@packetflux.com> > *To: *"af" <af@afmug.com> > *Sent: *Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:33:30 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit "cable validator" which validates > *through* a Gigabit PoE Injector? > > I'm already doing that, but it doesn't help to verify things like near end > crosstalk, insertion loss, etc. etc. etc. > > It's just a 'everything is fine' vs 'what does the cable look like' test. > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:09 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> The best cable tester I've found is iPerf. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Forrest Christian (List Account)" <li...@packetflux.com> >> *To: *"af" <af@afmug.com> >> *Sent: *Saturday, February 13, 2016 8:02:30 AM >> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Gigabit "cable validator" which validates *through* >> a Gigabit PoE Injector? >> >> >> Ok, everyone..... >> >> I'm looking for one or more Gigabit Ethernet testers to test product with >> which will actually test (signal-wise) a gigabit link for spec >> conformance.... The catch? It has to work with a gigabit injector in the >> middle, since it's really about testing the injector's performance instead >> of a cable. >> >> Most of the gigabit cable validators I've seen will completely refuse to >> run the signal validation tests on a cable which doesn't pass electrical >> continuity. Unfortunately, once you insert a gigabit injector the cable >> electrically looks like all 4 pairs are shorted, and there isn't any >> continuity to the far end. >> >> Does anyone have a CAT5 cable tester which works *through* a PoE? Or >> are willing to test theirs on a (unpowered) injector to see what happens? >> >> -- >> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >> forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >> >> >> > > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > >
