Content 9.7 Range of Equipment for Testing Structured Cabling Projects 9.7.3 Cable testing equipment You might think that testing cable is simply a matter of substituting one cable for another. For this reason, it is recommended that you use a cable tester to measure network performance.
Cable testers vary in the types of testing functions they provide.
Some can provide printouts, others can be attached to a PC to create a data file. Little or no special training is required to use the cable testers that are currently available on the market today. Most competent network administrators or installers find that the operating manuals, supplied by the cable tester manufacturers, provide sufficient instruction.