NOYAFA NF-8209 Network Cable Tester with PoE Testing, Length Test, NCV& Lamp, Ethernet Wire Tracker Network Cable Tester for LAN CAT5 CAT6 Tracker

I've used this lots for tracing network cables around the house, testing newly terminated network connections and for checking lengths, and it works brilliantly, it's been so useful. Other than remembering to move to the right network connection on the tester when you change modes, it couldn't be easier. The included cables are for Cat 3 voice connections, so if you're testing a Cat 5/6 connection don't use those, use another cable if you're testing say a socket, otherwise it will only test 3 out of the 4 pairs.

Continuity check works well, wire tracker too. Cable length measurement is not very reliable at shorter lengths, for me, it is only fairly accurate for cables over 10 meters long. NCV works like in many cheap multimeters - approximately. PoE testing sometimes showed me nonsense - even with standard Cisco equipment. But overall, for the money, it's a pretty decent tester, so far I'm happy.

Best cable tracer I've had. Especially that you can check if it has poe on the cable and all the functions are great at diagnosis.

Purchased in 2023 and used a few times. Units had been looked after but when we really needed them to help test and trace cables, they gave incorrect results and it cost us many hours in labour. Brand new cable as an example failed continuity test so they are completely useless.

I have recently purchased this kit for the installation of some Cat 6 cabling. It gives you a length ready quickly and the mapping is very useful, especially if you mess up a plug like i did. The tone probe appears to better than I read and the volume without an earpiece is good. I found it to be worth the money. The one down side is having to switch between sockets on the test for the different functions, but that's a minor thing and wouldn't let it put me off this.

Has the potential to be a very handy tool when working with network cable. Has some great features like cable measurement and continuity testing. I bought it for the tone which worked well and helped me find where a cable was running although it wasn't strong enough to trace it through the wall so took longer than I was hoping. Unfortunately the continuity testing seemed to have a fault on the unit I received and so it showed the same wire having a fault no matter which cable was inserted. The wires connected to the crocodile clips are very thin so wouldn't hold much hope on them being very durable. All in all slightly disappointed with the unit I received but if you get one in full working order it is potentially time saving, but most definitely not suitable for commercial use.

Installing an IP CCTV system. Needed something to check continuity and mapping of my CAT5e cables. Also had a few unlabelled cables, so needed a wire trace. When it came out of the box, it felt light and not particularly well built. BUT....it does the job, and has saved me tons of time. I also had reservations about the wire tracing, as had limited success with another brand. It's bang on every time. I've only used it with network cable, so can't comment on other cables/functions, including the POE tester, which I've not had cause to use yet.

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Rénovant ma maison, j’avais un problème sur un des câbles ethernet que j’avais installé ainsi qu’une alimentation défaillante de mon switch PoE dans tous les câbles (cat. 6a STP). Ne souhaitant pas mettre une fortune dans un testeur de câble réseau, j’ai choisi celui-ci vu que les commentaires disaient qu’il faisait le travail. Ce testeur permet, entre autres, de tester les défauts de câbles (paires, court-circuit…), de mesurer la longueur d’un câble, de connaître l’emplacement du défaut du câble, de réaliser des tests PoE, bref, tout ce dont j’avais besoin sans que le testeur ne soit hyper sophistiqué. Eh bien ! je ne suis pas déçu ! J’ai trouvé la panne du câble qui avait tout simplement quelques brins coupés pas assez ras au niveau du connecteur RJ45 et j’ai résolu mon problème d’alim PoE dans la foulée tout en voyant que circulaient 1 Gbps de données dans les câbles. Ce qui m’a fait déduire que ma TV connectée, pourtant très récente, bridait les données ethernet à 100 Mbps. Pas grave. Tout fonctionne à merveille maintenant. Cerise sur le gâteau : j’avais lu, sur d’autres commentaires, que la notice n’était qu’en anglais et que les piles n’étaient pas livrées. Pour ma part, ma boîte contenait une notice en français, en anglais, en allemand et en espagnol ainsi qu’1 pile 9V et 3 piles AAA.

LAN Tester con Scan, attrezzo che funziona benissimo

I'm a telecom professional and this tool is great! I'm able to accomplish multiple tasks with this one kit that would normally requires multiple seperate testers! I was a little skeptical at is capability for the price but once you started getting the hang of its wonderful! Im able to test continuity, tone and trace cable, determine the length of cable and even test POE! There is a little manual that comes with it but it's not really a complicated tester. Just make sure you are using the right port on the tester to match the test you are trying to conduct! The cable toner i found to be very adequate! You do have an option to test via digital or analog settings and you can adjust the sensitivity for a solid confirmation. It does come with various adapters for different testing conditions. I was to thrilled about the case. I like the layout and the availability of storing things away but I'd prefer a hard case to house it. There have been a couple times ive had something on the toner wand driving and it would turn on and beep but if thats just a preference thing BOTTOM LINE: Highly recommend for the price! The convenience and funtionality that is packed in this kit is definetly worth this price!

This kit was perfect for wiring a home surveillance and network with a reel of CAT6 cables and terminals. I mis-wired one AP cable THREE times in a row! If it weren’t for the device it would have been a headache. The scan wand is very useful, too. Helped me identify and label a number of cables that lost their labels during their transit in the conduits.