"Cable Tester" for fibres ??



Hi all,

Assuming such a beast exists, can anybody recommend a simple, inexpensive
test tool for fibre cables ?

I had in mind something like an electrical continuity tester, or something
similar to that which my LAN colleagues use to test their cables.

I don't want an all singing, all dancing bench test rig; just a basic,
hand-held device that will allow you to plug both ends of a cable into it
and then say, "Yes, this lc-lc is good to go" or "No, bin it".

This will save me time and effort hiking between offices and datacentres,
even though I know I could (more or less) "prove" a cable's viability by
plugging between an HBA and a switch port.

Many thanks,

Nick,
UK




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