- Punch-down tool
- Used with punch-down blocks
- Blades on block cut insulation
- Punch-down tools simplifies this process
- Cut off excess wire
- Put the cable over a metal plate, you push it in there and it snaps
- It jams the wire between those two pieces of metal.
- Used with patch panels
- Cable Crimper
- Attach RJ-45/RJ-11 connector
- Get your RJ-45 jack and its got 8 copper pins inside
- We are going to unwind them, strip the cheating and expose them
- You can use a razor tool, go in circles, gently cuts the casing and pull it off
- Once your wires are expose we untwist them we pull them and untangle them, once you insert them into the jack and put inside a Crimper
- Make your own patch cables
- Custom length cables
- Built-in wire stripper/snipper
- Electrostatic discharge wrist strap
- Not necessarily but on colder climates with dryer air is useful
- ESD can damage electronics
- Attach clip to large metal object
- Good for protecting devices
- Not for protecting humans
- Multimeter
- How much voltage is on the line? Is it consistent?
- Measure:
- Resistance (ohms)
- Current (amps)
- Voltage (volts)
- Continuity/shorts
- Verify PoE
- Cable tester
- Test RJ-35/RJ-11 cables
- Crosstalk
- Noise
- Resistance
- Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)
- Copper or fiber
- Copper: Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)
- Fiber: Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
- Determine if there is a fault
- Where the fault is (in meters or feet)
- Spectrum analyzer or Oscilloscopes
- Measure amplitude
- Find unknown signals
- Electrical/optical
- Frequency, power, distortion
- Speed test sites
- Measure throughput to the Internet
- MTR for trace route
- Shows us packet loss on a hop by hop basis
- Runs consistently.
- Free open-source tool
- Determine if issues are isolated
- Loopback plug
- Connects transmit pins to receive pins
- Confirm interference functionality
- Throughput Tester
- Appliance that generates traffic
- Can get an Intelligent load generator
- Creates heavy network load
- Determine actual through-put
- Toner Probe
- Identify specific wires
- Tone generator creates noise
- Toner probe audibly detects the wire on a wall