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Marvell Virtual Cable Tester

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  • 28-04-2005 1:12pm
    #1
    jjmax
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    Hi,

    I've a load of questions.
    I'm looking at an alternative to an expensive CAT5 cable tester such as the Fluke DSP-4000.
    This Gigabit Net Card - SMC EZ PCI utilises Mervell Virtual Cable Tester Technology.
    Could I use this card, installed in a standard PC, to test cable across a 10/100 network?
    Would it be simply a case of connecting the card at one end of the network and getting the results? Or do I need to have a Gigabit switch in there at the other end?
    Could I connect a 2 PCs, with this card installed, at either end of a straigh-through cat5 cable and still get results?
    The results I need are - Connection Map, Propagation Delay, DC Loop Resistance/Pair, Capacitance per pair, Attenuation per pair, ACR per pair, Near End Crosstalk.
    Will Marvell's Utility give these results?
    Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.


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