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Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:
Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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Anyone have any reccomendations for or against the Fluke MicroScanner
Pro? I'm looking at picking one up ($390 @ Contact East), but would
appreciate any feedback from real-world users...
Thanks! |
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J. Clarke
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:33 am Post subject:
Re: Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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William P.N. Smith wrote:
| Quote: | Anyone have any reccomendations for or against the Fluke MicroScanner
Pro? I'm looking at picking one up ($390 @ Contact East), but would
appreciate any feedback from real-world users...
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Just a suggestion, but spend the 16 bucks for a D-Link DGE-530T gigabit NIC
or some other one based on one of the Marvell Yukon chipsets and play with
the virtual cable scanner. It may be that that turns out to do everything
you need and if so you've saved 374 bucks.
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--John
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Al Dykes
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:
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In article <crcpqm12nmv@news2.newsguy.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | William P.N. Smith wrote:
Anyone have any reccomendations for or against the Fluke MicroScanner
Pro? I'm looking at picking one up ($390 @ Contact East), but would
appreciate any feedback from real-world users...
Just a suggestion, but spend the 16 bucks for a D-Link DGE-530T gigabit NIC
or some other one based on one of the Marvell Yukon chipsets and play with
the virtual cable scanner. It may be that that turns out to do everything
you need and if so you've saved 374 bucks.
Thanks!
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--John
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More information, please. What "virtual scanner" software are you
referring to ?
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:
Re: Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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Al Dykes wrote:
| Quote: | More information, please. What "virtual scanner" software
are you
referring to ?
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I don't think there is any software out there yet that utilizes the VCT (
Virtual Cable Tester) API. At least this is the impression you get at the
manufacturer's website if you are searching for any VCT software: you just
keep getting back to this page
http://www.marvell.com/products/vct_soft.jsp that says it is supported by
Prestera and Link Street products by Marvell, and some third party
manufacturers are also looking into it.
D-Link also mentions some kind of Windows Utility software for their
Yukon-based NIC, but does not elaborate nor lets you download anything.
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J. Clarke
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Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:
Re: Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com wrote:
| Quote: | Al Dykes wrote:
More information, please. What "virtual scanner" software
are you
referring to ?
I don't think there is any software out there yet that utilizes the VCT (
Virtual Cable Tester) API.
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Of course there is. It comes with any board that has a Marvell chip on it.
| Quote: | At least this is the impression you get at the
manufacturer's website if you are searching for any VCT software: you just
keep getting back to this page
http://www.marvell.com/products/vct_soft.jsp that says it is supported by
Prestera and Link Street products by Marvell, and some third party
manufacturers are also looking into it.
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| Quote: | D-Link also mentions some kind of Windows Utility software for their
Yukon-based NIC, but does not elaborate nor lets you download anything.
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It should be on the CD that comes with the board. I don't see it for
download anywhere, but it _is_ there. At least it is on the CD that comes
with the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe, which is where I first heard of the virtual
cable tester.
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--John
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com
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Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:22 am Post subject:
Re: Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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J. Clarke wrote:
| Quote: | It should be on the CD that comes with the board. I don't see it for
download anywhere, but it _is_ there. At least it is on the CD that
comes
with the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe, which is where I first heard of the
virtual
cable tester.
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What's it do, John? Did you get to use it yet?
Thanks!
--
Dmitri Abaimov, RCDD
http://www.cabling-design.com
Cabling Forum, color codes, pinouts and other useful resources for
premises cabling users and pros
http://www.cabling-design.com/homecabling
Residential Cabling Guide
-------------------------------------
##-----------------------------------------------##
Article posted with Cabling-Design.com Newsgroup Archive
http://www.cabling-design.com/forums
no-spam read and post WWW interface to your favorite newsgroup -
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet - 1535 messages and counting!
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J. Clarke
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Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:53 am Post subject:
Re: Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com wrote:
| Quote: | J. Clarke wrote:
It should be on the CD that comes with the board. I don't see it for
download anywhere, but it _is_ there. At least it is on the CD that
comes
with the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe, which is where I first heard of the
virtual
cable tester.
What's it do, John? Did you get to use it yet?
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I made sure it installed and accessed the card, got far enough to have it
tell me that it needs a gigabit switch port on the other end (IIRC--might
need another Marvell board--in any case it needed something that I didn't
have and couldn't justify buying at the time, when gigabit hardware pricing
was still not down to the mass-market consumer-product level), and set it
aside. Didn't really need to use it for anything.
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--John
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Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:01 am Post subject:
Re: Fluke MicroScanner Pro? |
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"J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | William P.N. Smith wrote:
Anyone have any reccomendations for or against the Fluke MicroScanner
Pro? I'm looking at picking one up ($390 @ Contact East), but would
appreciate any feedback from real-world users...
Just a suggestion, but spend the 16 bucks for a D-Link DGE-530T gigabit NIC
or some other one based on one of the Marvell Yukon chipsets and play with
the virtual cable scanner. It may be that that turns out to do everything
you need and if so you've saved 374 bucks.
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Does anyone make a PCMCIA card based on this chipset? I really need
something portable...
Any pointers to what kinds of cable hardware diags this chipset will
perform? Distance to fault? Split pair? Cable length?
Thanks! |
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