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I need a good cable analyzer/tester (CAT5)

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CraigRT

Lifer
I was looking at some Fluke testers because we have a company that comes to do maintenance on our Mac network and they use a Fluke CAT5 cable tester, I am unsure of the model as it was not on Fluke's site, (discontinued maybe?)

I was looking for a good CAT5 tester that would inform you of such things as: Cable length, wire diagnostics, and run tests like the CAT5 standard test, doesn't have to be a fully loaded tester but I need something better than my silly LED tester right now.

I was looking at the Fluke DSP-2000
Does anyone have any experience with this one? is it good?
is there another one I should be lookin' at ?

Hope someone can help me!! thanks alot if you can!

Yield
 
Check out the Fluke "One-Touch." It's very portable (a little larger than than a DMM), does the TDR stuff, and can connect as a LAN client (does pings, traceroutes, packet/error counts, router discovery....)

We have one in the lab here, and they are used almost exclusively for troubleshooting at the N+I trade show (very large, temporary network with portable infrastructure).

WaveLan makes a couple of very good cable scanners, they'd be my first/second choice, depending on the budget.

FWIW

Scott
 
You can't go wrong with Fluke, but they ARE pricey. If you're looking to spend less, check out Microtest - they have some pretty decent products.

- G
 
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