I need a Cat 5 toner; especially Cat 5 cables connected to switches. I have a Fluke DSP-4300 that works well; but I want suggestions of one that is inexpensive that I can carry in my tool box. Most of the ones I have tried the sound didn't come trough clearly enough to find Cat 5's that are buried.

I need a Cat 5 toner; especially Cat 5 cables connected to switches.

If the cable is connected to anything a toner isn't going to work. A CG here awhile back mentioned a system for identifying cables under those conditions. Look around the geek tool suppliers , might have been made by Fluke.

-Hal

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There was another one too Bill where a CG with only a few posts said something about us phone guys not knowing about network test gear. That's the one I was talking about. (Naturally I would remember that.) He suggested something but it may have also been that Fluke. Whatever it was it sounded good and the price was right.

-Hal

Hal, one of the geeks around here has a unit (Ideal, I believe) that either tones or flashes the hub. Is that what you were thinking?

:shrug:

I have a fluke micronet blink , its a tone that also will flash the hub

its discontinued but I see them on eBay fairy regularly

they usually go fairly cheap

Best thing to use is the Lanscaper from Test-um