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GS105Ev2 Cable Test Specifics not in manual
Hello... Awaiting delivery of GS105Ev2... Already have downloaded all dicuments and firmware for this device so when it gets here it will be current.... When I purchase a Product I usually read th...
It's been a couple months since I last posted......
I've been watching things... and can happily report that the cables indicated as bad by the Netgear swtich... and the replacement cables that tested good by the Netgear switch...... have been a resounding success!!!
No Hardware or Software GB indicators have toggled to 100Mb.... Speed of copying between GB devices now consistantly at 130Mb/sec instead of 85Mb/sec...
I couldn't be happier.... That Test is worth the price of the Switch!!!
The only High Flying Results I'm looking for is whatever it is supposed to do.... and there is Insufficient documentation in the manual to describe what it is intended to do!!! But thanks for what you posted... That is a start (That would have been nice to find in the manual!)
I have a cheapie Pinout tester for pinouts, flips, opens, shorts, etc. I just wanted something better... I cannot afford a $800-1200 tester.
Someone else suggested this, and since I have no background with a managed swtich, I'm hopefully killing two birds with one stone.
Other than cheapie Pinout tester, My other test procedure is a spare output of Arris Modem, to cable under test, to Netgear GS108 switch, and time the lockup of LED's... With that (and Arris Diagnostics which reports lockup status) I've found some bad PRE-MADE CAT6 cables from a recent upgrade: Passes Pin-out tester, but only locks up at 100Mb/s.. I'd like to know more about these bad cables.... That's the reason for needing all possible info on the Cable Test Utility...
Would you think that for a cable test procedure this should be the proper way to wire it, then?:
GS105Ev2 port 1 to computer to access Switch and test Utiliity
Port 2 to cable under test, to Netgear GS108 (to provide an Identical Termination for all cable tests)....
I knew the Netgear Cable Test Would not equate to a $800-1200 Tester, but hopefully it, in additon to my other 2 tests, give me a better idea of what I'm finding... When I didn't find any in depth data in manuals...... I posted here.... Thanks
For home/SOHO and most SMB the inexpensive pinout tester combined with the switch cable test feature can be sufficient. Both won't make an all-in-one solution on it's own.
Possible limitations can be on short cables where the physical cable pairs as crimped wrong on both ends - this can be hard to detect without a more expensive tester.
The switch can be anywhere on the network, e.g. with a link from your main/core switch or router using the test cable to the switch woth the cable test feature.
Those were Pre-Made Cables!
Here I thought that my purchasing Pre-Made CAT6 cables would 'take me' out of the equation!!!
I am OK with Punch Downs, but kinda suck at ending Etherenet connections...
Welcome to the year 2021 ... we get what we pay for. And even slightly more expensive patch cables can show failures. But these should not have wrong pairing inside. Look, these RJ connectors have absolutley -no- real mechanical lock on the contact blades, it's just press and pray.
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