NetAlly LSPRNTR-300 LinkSprinter 300 Network Tester with WiFi and Distance to Cable Fault Indication, w/WiFi & Distance to Cable Fault Indication

This is a great tool for anyone dealing with networking on a regular basis. This has saved me from having to set up so many walk-throughs when dealing with network devices and networking techs.

This tester is a great tool to have in your arsenal. I have purchased several of these for members of my IT team. They are a quick way to test a cable or jack and make sure its good to go. The test results can be viewed on a mobile phone, but we often just wait a few seconds and the email with the results comes to your phone. You can claim multiple devices in an account, name them and have the results go to individual users, but the link-live.com site has all the results from all of my guys. If you reply to the email you can attach comments or even a photo and it will be saved in the portal as well.The tests are quick and you can determine if the port is POE powered, on managed switches you get the switch info, make, model, firmware, management IP and the port you are plugged into as well as speed, duplex and IP that the device acquired and the IP of the DHCP server. The 300 even does cable length as well. If they would add a reflector and cable mapping it could replace those tools as well.The build quality is top notch and they are very durable, most of ours have survived several drops.

If you do anything with computer networking, you need this. Starting with the $10 tester that basically just makes sure the pins are lining up, this may seem like a big jump, but it's really helped me save time and understand what's wrong rather than just guess and deduce. First off, it's well built. I throw it in my tool bag, laptop bag, it falls, no problem. It's compact and easy to have with you all the time. If you're doing the quick test xjust plug it in, and it'll light up for dhcp, switch connection, router connection and finally internet. But if you connect to its wifi signal, your phone browser becomes the interface to access more tools! The most important is cable tester that can tell you which pins are working and the distance to where they are broken. AND it logs into your account online and sends reports as it gets internet connected for each test which you can append notes, etc. If you do big cabling jobs, you should probably get something above this. But for the network tester on the go, this thing has proven itself super useful

its a Netally, enough said!

Is it perfect? No. The problem is you have to use your phone to display the info you need especially if there is no internet connectivity on the vlan. But to get the same info with a built in display will cost you double or quadruple what this unit cost. So I would say it is perfect as long as you only need it occasionally. My only other complaint the port blink only has one blink rate which makes it difficult to see on certain switches. A changeable blink rate would help. Seems like something they can do with a firmware upgrade. All in all I would definitely recommend as a cost effective solution.

I bought mine about a yr ago. If you do any troubleshooting, organizing, or any work with existing network connections, JUST BUY IT. You will be glad you did and wish you had bought it sooner. I'll leave it at that........

Nice toy to diagnose network issues. Kind of pricey, but its the real deal. It gives you enough specifics to figure out what is wrong, or at least enough ammunition to go back at the network department to show them that they are screwing up. I like it.

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