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5.2 - Hardware Tools COPY Flashcards

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Hardware Tools

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  • Cable crimper
  • Cable tester
  • Punch-down Tool
  • TDR / OTDR
  • Light meter
  • Toner Probe
  • Loopback plug
  • Multimeter
  • Spectrum analyzer
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Cable crimper

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  • ”Pinch” the connector onto the wire
  • The final step of a cable installation
  • Metal prongs push through insulation
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Cable tester

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Continuity testing
Identify missing pins, crossed wires
Not used for advanced testing

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Punch-down Tool

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Forces wire into a wiring block

Trims the wires and breaks the insulation

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TDR / OTDR

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(Optical) Time Domain Reflectometer• Estimate fiber lengths, measure signal loss, determine light reflection, create wire maps• May require additional training

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Light meter

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Send a light from one side• Measure the light power on the othe

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Toner Probe

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Puts an analog sound on the wire• Inductive probe doesn’t need to touch the copper

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Loopback plug

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• Useful for testing physical ports• Serial, Ethernet, T1, fiber• These are not crossover cables

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Multimeter

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AC/DC voltages• Continuity, wire mapping

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Spectrum analyzer

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View the frequency spectrum• Identify frequency conflicts

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Software Tools

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Protocol analyzer
Network / port scanner
Wireless packet analysis
Speed test sites

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Protocol analyzer

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Capture and display network traffic• Use a physical tap or redirect on the switch

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Network / port scanner

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• Scan for open ports and IP addresses• Visually map the network• Rogue system detection

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Wireless packet analysis

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View wireless information• Signal-to-noise ratio, channel information, etc.

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Speed test sites

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Bandwidth testing• Pre- and post-change analysis• Not all sites are the same

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Command Line Tools

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  • ping - Test reachability
  • traceroute - Determine the route a packet takes to a destination
  • nslookup and dig - Lookup information from DNS servers
  • ipconfig and ifconfig - View and manage IP configuration
  • iptables - Packet filtering
  • netstat - Display network statistics
  • tcpdump
  • Nmap
  • route - View the device’s routing table
  • arp - Address resolution protocol information
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ping - Test reachability

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• ping - Test reachability to a TCP/IP address• ping -t - Ping until stopped with Ctrl-c• ping -a - Resolve address to a hostname• ping -n - Send # of echo requests• ping -f - Send with Don’t Fragment flag set

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traceroute

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Takes advantage of ICMP Time to Live Exceeded error message• Not all devices will reply with ICMP Time Exceeded messages• traceroute

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nslookup

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nslookup • dig

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ipconfig and ifconfig

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ipconfig - Windows TCP/IP config
• ipconfig /all - Display all IP configuration details
• ipconfig /release - Release the DHCP lease
• ipconfig /renew - Renew the DHCP lease
• ipconfig /flushdns - Flush the DNS resolver cache• ifconfig - Linux interface configuration

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iptables - Packet filtering

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Linux iptables - filter packets in the kernel
• Simple data blocks - ignores state
• Usually placed on a device or server

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netstat - Display network statistics

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netstat -a - Show all active connections• netstat -b - Show binaries• netstat -n - Do not resolve names

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tcpdump

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tcpdumpCapture packets from the command line• Available in most Unix/Linux operating systems• Included with Mac OS X, available for Windows (WinDump)• Apply filters, view in real-time• Written in standard pcap format

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pathping - Combination of ping and traceroute

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pathping

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Nmap

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Network mapper - find network devices• Port scan - Find devices and identify open ports• Operating system scan• Discover the OS without logging in to a device• Service scan• What service is available on a device? Name, version, details• Additional scripts• Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE

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route - View the device’s routing table

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route print - View the Windows routing table

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arp

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• arp -a - View the local ARP table

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