Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card? | Date | Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:39:22 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > > 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. > > > > "Frequency of a baterry"? What the hell is that? Baterry provides direct > > current, not alternating one... Tester provides it's own testing signals. > > Clearly I need to add a smiley for the humour-impared. > > The original post you clipped implied that all you needed was a pair of > RJ45 sockets and a battery, which would do continuity testing only.
Which is exactly what was *required* - we were talking about identifying crossover and non-crossover cables, which is why I suggested the battery and LED in a spare wallplate solution, which works perfectly.
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