testing thoughtput of cables?

[Jamey]

I have made several cables with CAT 5 wire and IDEAL ends. I haven't run into any transfer problems, but I am curious to know if my home-made cables can run at the full speed of my network. Is there any testing program I can run? I have a linksys SR41 router with lynksys 10/100 NIC's.

 

[Cable God]

yea, IPSwitch.com has a program that will test throughout as well as several other things.

 

[bman1]

sisoft sandra 2000/2001 runs networking benchmarks also.

 

[Damaged]

To test the physical cable itself you'll need a cable tester like a Fluke device. What that measures is signal loss in db.

Bascially if the cable is working it's running at "full" speed.