Re: Hand held copper Ethernet testers

[Chris Boyd <cboyd () gizmopartners com>]

> On Sep 30, 2020, at 3:42 PM, Warren Kumari <warren () kumari net> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 4:33 PM Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org> wrote:
> Chris Boyd wrote on 30/09/2020 21:24:
> > My old Test-Um Lanscaper died, and I was curious what people liked
> > these days. Don’t need throughput testing or anything like that, just
> > basic wire map testing, cable ID, cable length, PoE voltage, and DHCP
> > client.
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> > What do y’all like?
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> https://pockethernet.com/ is pretty neat.
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> Grrrrr... <shakes fist>
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> Pockethernet *was* really great, but they ran into some issues and stopped updating/ supporting the device/app.
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> Many people updated the firmware, only to discover that the new firmware was no longer compatible with the iOS app. 
> There were numerous issues with the UI, it wasn’t compatible with newer iOS, etc. This was incredibly frustrating 
> because it was all so close to perfect...
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> I’ve just noticed that there is finally a new version - perhaps things are now better; I really hope so, because the 
> device itself has great potential, just let down by the app…

That does look pretty cool. Appreciate the heads up on the app.