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SubjectRe: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card?
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, John Bradford wrote:

> > Well, if all else fails, you could always pick up a cable
> > tester. They can tell you lots of nifty stuff, like data transfer
> > quality as well as pinout. Good for the less obvious cable problems,
> > like a broken strand.
>
> If you have a spare double RJ-45 wallplate, you could make a
> wallmounted cable tester, with some LEDs and a 9v battery.

I would hope a decent cable tester would test for effects at useful
frequency. The frequency of a battery is too low to reveal some problems.

--
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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