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Troubleshooting Tools
BY: MITCHELL PHAN, FRANKIE SPERANZA, AMANDA PORTIE
• Cable Performance Testers• Voltage Event Recorders• Butt Set• Crossover Cable• Tone Generator & Locator• Multimeter
• Cable Continuity Tester• Network Monitor• Protocol Analyzer• Wireless Network Tester
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Cable Performance Testers• Cost: $4,000 - $30,000• Distance• Attenuation• Cross talk• Termination resistance• Rate standards
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Voltage Event Recorders• Cost: $5000• Voltage standards
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• Cost: $85 - $450• Quality test
Butt Set
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Crossover Cable• Direct connection of nodes• Reversed wire pairs• Cost: up to $20
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Tone Generator & Tone Locator
• Determine where wires terminate• Sold in a “Toner Probe Kit”• How to use them• Cost: $20 - $500
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Multimeter• Isolates network cable
problems• Measures characteristics of
electric currents (voltage, resistance, impedance)
• Cost: $30 - $4000
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Cable Continuity Testers• Checks if cable is carrying a signal to
its destination• Copper cable – voltage• Fiber-Optic cable – light pulses• Also used on wires in a UTP or STP
cable
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Wireless Network Testers
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Protocol Analyzers