Tools Flashcards
Cable crimper
Crimps connectors to twisted pair cables
Punchdown tool
Used for punching down cables into wiring blocks.
Tone generator
Generates a tone at one end of a wire, to help identify where the other end of the wire terminates.
Loopback adapter
Loop an output back into an input on the same device. Used for testing physical ports.
Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)
check impedance and identify breaks or splices in the cable.
Multimeter
Used to check voltage.
Cable tester
that the pinout is correct.
Wire map
wire placement within a cable or building
Tap tool
Intercept network traffic, Used to duplicate packet capture to send to controller
Fusion splicers
Repair fiber cables
Spectrum analyzers
Analyses wireless frequency spectrums
Snips/cutters
cut cables to prepare them for a connector
Cable stripper
strip back sleeve to expose wires
Fiber light meter
test a fiber connection to make sure maximum amount of light is passing through/signal
WiFi analyzer
Provides the ability to capture and analyze WiFi network info/packets.
Protocol analyzer/packet capture
WireShark. Capture and display network traffic. Use a physical tap tool
Bandwidth speed tester
Speed test websites.
Port scanner
Software to scan a network for IP addresses and open ports. Nmap app.
iperf software tool/IP Scanner
Performance monitoring.
NetFlow analyzers
Allows the gathering of network/traffic statistics from NetFlow probes/collectors that have been installed on the network.
