[lug] ethernet cable tester

[Alan Robertson]

Deva Samartha wrote:
> 
> I just bought one at Home Depot - Sure Signal from Greenlee Textron, was
> about $ 90, the other one they had - small blue box would have been less
> expensive but lacked the LED's on the second box - ~ $ 60.- the one I
> bought looked more sturdy, checks for shorts, opens, reversals, miswires
> and is construction yellow (maybe that's what made me by it ;) to not to be
> used on live circuits, so basic wire conductivity only.

The 46060 Sure Signal tester can be found in this catalog:
	http://www.greenlee.textron.com/download/archive/ticat.pdf
on page 61.  It is definitely yellow, too ;-)

I don't quite understand how you can test a cable just from one end.  How do
you use this gadget?  [or how does it work?]

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at suse.com