Tony Fortunato: I’m a big believer when it comes to hand held diagnostic tools, in that they should have several key features that can help you identify, validate, and report statistics to you.  Some common tools a network engineer has in their toolbox is a network cable tester, primarily used for testing network cable termination.  These tools are great when you’re trying to perform a quick check to see if a network cable is terminated properly.  And that right there is the issue– it’s a quick check and not a complete comprehensive network cable test, validation, and reporting tool. 

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