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From: jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: TDR for SynOptics??
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Date: 30 Mar 89 07:10:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jsa00564    Mar 30 01:10:00 1989


Since there seems to be a lot of traffic dealing with TP solutions, maybe
someone has an answer to another TP question (fairly specific).

I'm the manager of a medium-sized LAN which uses SynOptics' Lattisnet
UTP Ethernet.  As everyone agrees, the majority of the problems are cable-
based.  In my experience, a poor punch, loose clip, etc. can be the 
difference between connecting and not connecting....

I'm looking for a better way of diagnosing cable flaws in the Twisted Pair
environment.  I'd just like an instrument that can tell me where the cable
problem is.  (I know I just described a TDR)  I guess that I'm looking
for a TDR that is compatible to SynOptics' cabling system.  I'd also like
to find a relatively inexpensive tool <$5000..


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Jeff Autor
jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

				"Doin' just enough to get by..."