NF-8209 Network Cable Tester, Ethernet Cable Wire Tester with POE & NCV for CAT5/CAT6 Wire Tracer, Length Test, RJ45 Network Tester Kit for Cable Tracer Telephone Line Finder Home Repair

I'm a telecom professional and this tool is great! I'm able to accomplish multiple tasks with this one kit that would normally requires multiple seperate testers! I was a little skeptical at is capability for the price but once you started getting the hang of its wonderful! Im able to test continuity, tone and trace cable, determine the length of cable and even test POE! There is a little manual that comes with it but it's not really a complicated tester. Just make sure you are using the right port on the tester to match the test you are trying to conduct!The cable toner i found to be very adequate! You do have an option to test via digital or analog settings and you can adjust the sensitivity for a solid confirmation. It does come with various adapters for different testing conditions.I was to thrilled about the case. I like the layout and the availability of storing things away but I'd prefer a hard case to house it. There have been a couple times ive had something on the toner wand driving and it would turn on and beep but if thats just a preference thingBOTTOM LINE: Highly recommend for the price! The convenience and funtionality that is packed in this kit is definetly worth this price!

So I can't say enough about this little, capable, affordable piece of kit. I do my own cabling for my network. I largely live in Cat 5e. I had an old led type tester that would only show me whether I had a fundamental connectivity problem. That was great for awhile. But recently I moved over to doing pass-through connectors. I noticed on my network switch that my connection speed for a new cable was only 100Mbps though it should have been 1000Mbps. My old tester showed everything was fine, but it obviously wasn't. So I splurged the $50 for this little tester. I confirmed that my crimps were bad due to a faulty crimper. I now speed test all of my new cables with this tester by connecting the tester to one end of the cable and the other end to a spare gigabit switch I have.I liked that it did continuity, length testing and toning. A nice feature is that you can get a reading of the wire speed when you use the toning/flash option.The flash option was great as I wanted to map out my network. I connected to each ethernet jack, connected the tester via a short cable and went into flash mode. I then went to my switch where I could see the light pulsing slowly (differently than regular flashing.) I then noted which switch port that particular jack was connected to.I found that it tones wires fine too.I do run POE+ devices too. So I'll check that out eventually.Anyway. I like it. It wasn't that expensive and did more than I needed it to do. Hoped this helps.

So far so good. It does exactly what I need it to do and does it relatively well. It does have a very cheap plastic feel, so I’m not sure of it’s durability. Probably will not survive too many drops to the floor.

Still don't know how to use all the piecesWorks good for what i used it for

I am a network operator, not a electrician, so this tester doesn't get used on the day to day. My first RJ cable tester was:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M63EMBQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Works great for testing a crimping here and there, but very primitive. I needed an upgrade.I've come onto job sites where someone else has run the RJ45 and nothing is labeled. I'm standing in front of a 24/48 port switch (nothing in the port description) and users are having connectivity issues: the 'wand' in this Kit is extremely useful. Once I've track down the local and distant ends, a quick 'pin-out' check (a diagram on screen that shows any 'shorts' or 'crosses' that's stopped me from tampering with someone's laptop >ipconfig /flushdns/renew/release) and I've eliminated one more point of failure.Haven't utilized the PowerOverEthernet or Length features. I've tested them, but not able to put the information (power output) to use as I wont be familiar with the end device and it's power requirements. That's troubleshooting configuration setting, not cable integrity.There are higher end testers that can conduct speed and ping tests on a port (you'll need the port config's and again: that's beyond cable integrity), or tell you what type of device is on the distant end. If you really need to dig that deep, you should have remote access to the switch, router, hub, bridge...etc, and see at the exact setting the cable was dedicated for, and not through some scanner. You should also have some understanding of the network design. Unless the contractor who laid the cabling had no consistency when dedicating jacket colors to end devices. For example: blue cable jackets will always go to workstations, white cable jackets will always go to Hot Spots, black - cameras, grey - VoIP phones... These higher end testers can come with a lot of fancy features, but rarely will they be of use.For troubleshooting layer 1 issues, this kit has everything you'll need. Even if a cable is 100%, being able to isolate what port it is plugged into on a switch lunges you into the next step of troubleshooting. Countless times: it was either a wrong port, or a port configuration. With the wand, I moved along in the elimination process SOO much faster.

Quickly, let me say an excellent tool for the money. Sure, it is not built like "professional" models, but has a nice consumer feel for what it is. So far I had no issue with any of the functions. The little extras are nice, and think it is great you can also (carefully) plug in RJ11 and test those cables as well. Ever wonder about the true length of a coiled phone cable? Probably not. But now I know, and that is what maters.I love how the display shows a simply LCD graphic of things. Much better than blinking lights and wot not. Easy to see at a glance if wires are good, crossed or shorted. My favorite feature is measuring length of cable. Time Domain Reflectometers to measure length once cost hundreds, of not thousands of dollars. I get that and more for under 50 bucks?I like that the included case is plain with no logo. I don't like to advertise the tech I am carrying. I might have preferred a more neutral color, such as a shade of gray. But still a practical case.Absolutely worth it, even though the manual has some spelling and minor grammatical errors. I made some minor revisions myself in a PDF editor. Get one!

Worked as expected. Was traveling and when needed to use it, the batteries were already depleted. Found out that it is really easy to press the on/off button while the device is in the case. When putting the case in a travel bag, it gets accidentally pressed and powers on. The timeout option is nice, but if the case is in a position that has the power button pressed, it will drain the battery. Solution is to find a thin, hard cover to put inside the case. Also, it seems to not be accurate with cable tracing when using shielded RJ45's.

As someone who went from working behind a desk as a network engineer to pulling cable several times per month as a contractor, this little kit has been fantastic. All features that I have used (toner, cable tester, port flasher, port tester, port flasher) work well, and seem to be accurate.My biggest issue I run into is battery life, and the case it came with. It will eat through good batteries (Energizer, Duracell) pretty quickly, and the soft case allows the toner and tester to be powered on if you’re not careful about how you place them in soft bags (ie. backpacks). I strongly recommend investing in rechargeable batteries and purchasing a hard case.Build quality and button quality are a little questionable. Everything is made from fairly cheap plastic, and the buttons feel like they would be easy to press too hard and break something inside the unit.Overall, I think this thing is a very useful little tester for someone who isn’t worried about reliability, or who can at least be very certain they can keep it from getting crushed.I will be upgrading to a name-brand unit soon (ie. Klein), but I definitely do not regret buying this.

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Seems pretty good for the money. I wished that I had skipped cheap and basic cable testers. I had a break in a 50m cable run and wanted length testing - which worked surprisingly well on this tester. It did over state the total cable length a little but it did help me find the damage. Note that only one end of the cable needs to be plugged in to the tester and the other end left unplugged. I have seen a one review that suggested both ends of the cable need to plugged into the tester, which is not the case.

He probado de infinidad de marcas conocidas y éste funciona genial y es muy barato

This kit was perfect for wiring a home surveillance and network with a reel of CAT6 cables and terminals. I mis-wired one AP cable THREE times in a row! If it weren’t for the device it would have been a headache. The scan wand is very useful, too. Helped me identify and label a number of cables that lost their labels during their transit in the conduits.

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