Hand held copper Ethernet testers

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My old Test-Um Lanscaper died, and I was curious what people liked these days. Don’t need throughput testing or anything like that, just basic wire map testing, cable ID, cable length, PoE voltage, and DHCP client.

What do y’all like?

—Chris

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https://pockethernet.com/ is pretty neat.

Nick

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Highly recommend the Fluke MicroScanner PoE tester, and more specifically the entire kit option, MS-POE-KIT. Has everything you would need to test copper runs with PoE up to Class 8.

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My old Test-Um Lanscaper died, and I was curious what people liked
these days. Don’t need throughput testing or anything like that, just
basic wire map testing, cable ID, cable length, PoE voltage, and DHCP
client.

What do y’all like?

https://pockethernet.com/ is pretty neat.

Grrrrr…

Pockethernet was really great, but they ran into some issues and stopped updating/ supporting the device/app.

Many people updated the firmware, only to discover that the new firmware was no longer compatible with the iOS app. There were numerous issues with the UI, it wasn’t compatible with newer iOS, etc. This was incredibly frustrating because it was all so close to perfect…

I’ve just noticed that there is finally a new version - perhaps things are now better; I really hope so, because the device itself has great potential, just let down by the app…

W

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That does look pretty cool. Appreciate the heads up on the app.

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Chris Boyd <cboyd@gizmopartners.com> writes:

My old Test-Um Lanscaper died, and I was curious what people liked these
days. Don’t need throughput testing or anything like that, just basic
wire map testing, cable ID, cable length, PoE voltage, and DHCP client.

What do y’all like?

Pocketethernet has already been mentioned. I have a https://netool.io/
in my backpack and a rather old (10/100MBit) Fluke Netool lying around
here somewhere.

Jens

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ByteBrothers (Now Triplett) Real World Certifier (RWC) has been my go-to for a while. It doesn’t mess with DHCP or PoE voltage though.

But cable maps, distance, and it includes tracing/toning.

I like that the remote wand indicates success/failure by its LED so you don’t have to walk back to the end with the screen just to know it’s good.

It’s a marked improvement over the cheap crap scrolling LED testers, without paying fluke prices.

Then again the microscanner is only twice the price and it looks amazing. When I discovered the RWC, the next level up was 10x or so the price.