4 Dec
2011
4 Dec
'11
12:13 p.m.
On 4 December 2011 11:55, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
I have a number of quite long (i.e. 30 metres or more) cat5e cables strung about the place and would like to test how 'clean' they are.
It's easy enough to test their basic integrity (i.e. if all 8 wires are correctly connected) and I have done that. However I'd like to see if they are actually good enough to provide maximum performance when running gigabit.
You could perhaps run iperf with each cable in turn between 2 machines and no switches, and compare any performance differences?
I have no idea what proper quality control tests cable manufacturers do.
Regards, Srdjan