Triplett Byte Brothers Real World Certifier 2 Ethernet Cable Category Verifier and COAX Tester with Exportable Reports (RWC1000K2)

As a small business owner that needs to save time and money I can not afford a thousand dollar certifier. This device has been very helpful in multiple installations. I have seen other reviewers take jumpers and cut them and cross the wires and try to show that this device does not pick it up. However, that is not a real world scenario. This device has successfully shown me faults in pre-exsisting lines that I was diagnosing, as well as correctly identified cable length. If you know how to read it correctly you can even tell if the cat5/6 is connected to a POTS line when it gives an error.I originally had an issue with the meter correctly dumping data down to excel, [kept freezing excel and shutting it down] Tech support was very quick in sending me a new macro file to try [did not work]. However, the fault was on my end as my excel was not fully up to date. Once updated I have had no issues.The only thing that is a bit annoying is the logo and the data dump. You can manually go remove them before saving to PDF or printing for the client, but I feel the company should provide a dump template without it.I would love to see a version of this with a qwerty to make naming easier.

This tool has made me a ton of money already. Pain in the butt to name files, but other than that it does exactly what you need. It certifies cables. If you know VBL you can customize the spreadsheet to fit your company needs. Great price too!

I will start with saying that I had to send my unit back because the buttons did not work correctly - They would incorrectly move to the next test or to a menu I did not want. And the toner was faulty - it did not sent a tone that could be heard evn down a 3 foot calbe. . However, before I sent it back I called Triplett (I had no problem finding a support number on their web site. The recetpoinist transfered me immediatly to a support person who listned to my problems with the unit and recommmended I send it back to amazon because there did seem to be something wrong with the toner and the buttons on the main unit) Before I sent it back I tested 36 cables with it and even though I had to retest some because of button mistakes, it tested the lines and I was able to download the report on a windows 10 machine without any problem. The report was for each individual cable and allowed me to give a report to my client that ruled out cables as a problem for their network. I have not used an expensive tester and was not able to compare results. I will invest in anoghter one because for my small business use it is fine. I will check with the customer first and see if they want a certain certifier used before I accept the job.

First let me say that I really wanted to like this tester as at this price point we could keep them in the trucks as a backup. With that said, here's what we found. The "Real World" portion of the tester is where it starts getting weird from the beginning. In the "Real World" test the cable will indicate a "PASSING" test result if the data flow is sufficient even with the open pair. That part could be worked around as there is a pair mapping function and we could have also seen there was an open pair and fixed it, but the worst was yet to come.Here are the results of our "Real World" benchmark test.The building was wired by our guys about 15+ years ago. All wiring in the walls is Cat 5e with Leviton jacks. All patch cables on this test were Cat 6, all switch ports and network cards were Gigabit.The RWC scanner certified all ports and cabling (including the old Cat 5e cabling in the walls) at Cat 6 and greater than 1 Gbps.To test the results we used iPerf to test how much data we could actually push through the cabling.The mean iPerf result was 552 Mbps which is consistent with what we saw from our more expensive testers. This pretty much blows out the RWC's claim that we could certify this location as a Gigabit infrastructure.The next step was to take the wall cabling out of the equation to verify that the computers being used could actually push the amount of data that the RWC said the cabling could handle. After taking the wall cabling out of the equation and going straight to the switch with Cat 6 cables, the mean result was 915 Mbps. This is an acceptable and believable reading as we're still dealing with the overhead of the network switch and patch cabling. This, however, tells us that we can pretty much call the Cat 5e wall wiring test a bust. There is no way its going to allow 1 Gbps throughput.From there I thought I'd take it one step farther and take the switch out of the equation. This switch held up very well compared to using a crossover cable. In fact the differences were de minimis, but further confirmed that the test computers were able to push the data, and that the wall cabling that certified at Gigabit by the RWC was the culprit and the RWC test is faulty.To be fair I did open a ticket with the manufacturer to see if there could be a reason, or another way to run the test as I wanted to give the tester every opportunity. I outlined the test above and submitted it in the ticket. The response from the company was no response at all.If all you want to do is verify the wire pair are punched down correctly, then you could use this tester, however, if that's all you want you could buy a better tester to do that much cheaper. If, on the other hand, you want to "certify" the cable and if you value your name, you won't put it on these test results. "Certification" is pass/fail. There is no room for ambiguity. It either is or is not the speed you're certifying. 999Mbps is not 1 Gigabit. For us, we'll be staying with Fluke. Yes they're expensive, but IMO that's because it's worth it.Oh, one other thing. As a previous reviewer posted, the description is false. The tester does not come with the certification stickers, pad that they make such a big deal about in their videos, the software disk, or the training DVD. I wish I had seen that previous review before we bought, but this is the reason when we buy on Amazon, we only buy Prime that is sold/fulfilled by Amazon. Amazon made returning the tester a breeze.I hope this helps someone else.

I had been looking at this thing for about two years before I broke down and bought one. I am EXTREMELY glad I did!! This little box of wonder helped me to find a break in a cable under a carpet the very next day after it arrived. I found two other cables with bad ends and was able to check my client's entire wiring infrastructure AND the ports on the switches AND the network cards all in one fail swoop. Since my job was a pay for results job, not by he hour, this also helped me to make more money on the job.They came with batteries already plugged into both devices and there is a very nice carrying case that came with it that I didn't see in the information about the kit. It is a great bonus and keeps everything together. The toner isn't pictured, but it does have a toner device that picks up the tone on the cable that the main device puts on the line for easy location of cables. All around a great cable kit. combine this with a crimper, ends and cable and you have a complete cabling company!! Thanks Byte Brothers, this is just what I needed to test my client's wiring infrastructure!!!