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Reddit mentions of T3 Innovation Net Prowler Cabling and Advanced Network Tester
Sentiment score: 2
Reddit mentions: 3
We found 3 Reddit mentions of T3 Innovation Net Prowler Cabling and Advanced Network Tester. Here are the top ones.
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Supports IPV4 and IPV6 protocols, verifies DHCP connectivity and DNS, pings IPV4, IPV6, and URL addresses, CDP, LLDP, NDP, and VLAN detection, TCP/UDP throughput testDetects presence of PoE and class of PoE per IEEE 802.3af/at with load test for voltage drop, reports current link speed and link capabilities for active ethernet drops up to 1 GbpsTests CAT3/5e/6/6a ethernet cable configuration and verifies connectivity while conducting tests for opens, shorts, miswires, split pairs, and reversesSupports up to 8 testing and ID remotes for network and telephone cables and up to 20 network and coax ID-only mapping remotesAbility to define network test name, cable name, save and print results (cable testing and network testing)
Specs:
https://www.pockethernet.com/ will do cable test as well as a bunch of other stuff. I use one and like it also have a netprowler https://www.amazon.com/T3-Innovation-Prowler-Cabling-Advanced/dp/B01DGDGCN6 it does a good job too. The pockethernet is alot more convient just keep it in my laptop bag.
I will write up some more specific feedback because I am interested in seeing the Pockethernet get better, and thanks for telling me about long-pressing the measure button.
To be clear though, I wasn't comparing the Pockethernet to the AT 2000. I was comparing it to the Fluke MicroScanner 2 for $440 which I own, and the T3 Net Prowler for $730, which I might have purchased instead of the Pockethernet.
Hardware criticisms:
Make sure all internal connectors are fully seated. My battery came unplugged. Make sure that the plexiglass protection film is removed. And at least in my case, the plastic on the wiremap/loopback tester is so loose that I had to take it off to use the tester.
App Bugs (iPhone):
I experience frequent crashes. Usually it seems when I leave and return to the app, or when I save results to Dropbox using the "Send" feature. This has persisted from an iPhone 6s Plus, to a brand new installation on a brand new iPhone X.
There is also a bug where the bottom half of the app disappears, or becomes covered in a white rectangle, and I am no longer able to scroll. This might be from the app trying to hide itself where the keybaord appears. Only way to fix is to quit and relaunch the app. Very frustrating.
App Workflow:
App flow should probably be like this: First HOME screen is a grid of icons for PRESET TESTS and an icon for a CUSTOM TEST. PRESET TESTS should be user-defined groups of frequently run tests. They should be icons, because that way more fit on the screen. Clicking on a PRESET TEST should take you to the RESULTS screen.
The RESULTS screen should only show the test results of the tests you just ran. It should have some persistent icons at the bottom of the page, that include a couple of selectable PRESET tests, as well as RETEST, CUSTOM, and HOME. This will make it easy to always quickly run a test.
The RESULTS screen should have the option to save results to a DATABASE. Often I will run additional tests for an outlet in the future, and I want the ability to EXPORT all of the tests from one outlet together, not have a separate PDF for each group of tests I ran on each outlet. The PDF export should only show the results of tests that were run.
If you instead clicked CUSTOM TEST on the HOME screen, you should be taken to a grid of icons with all possible tests. Check your desired test icons, click TEST, and be taken to the same RESULTS page as before.
There should be an interface for viewing the test results in the database, and deleting of specific tests for specific outlets.
This would make the Pockethernet interface much closer to Fluke's, Ideal's, and T3's interfaces, and much more useful.
Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/T3-Innovation-Prowler-Cabling-Advanced/dp/B01DGDGCN6