ByteBrothers RWC1000K Real World Certifier 2

by ByteBrothers

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000J157WQ
• Item model number: RWC1000K
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
  • #9 in Home Improvement > Electrical > Tools & Testers > Circuit Testers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 17, 2005

Product Description

Network tester for cables up to 1 Gig. Tests any Hub or Switch up to 1 Gig

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Byte Brothers Real World Certifier, February 15, 2009

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S. Paxson "Cool Tool Guy" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ByteBrothers RWC1000K Real World Certifier 2 (Electronics)

I purchased this certifier about two months ago mainly to certify one new installation of 76 cat6 cables. The price was my main concern to get the job done. Compared to other testers on the market, this is by far the best that money can buy for ease of use and getting the results required. It prints from memory, up to 250 cable certifications both on cable only AND ports on switches and computers. I had a customer complain that the cat6 cable was not allowing 1 gig to his equipment when in fact it was the port on his switch that was at fault. Showing him the results on the testers screen of both the cable and the switch proved the point. Great product for the budget minded cable installer or network certifier!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RWC1000 Tester, June 7, 2011

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J. Stahlecker (Bastrop, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ByteBrothers RWC1000K Real World Certifier 2 (Electronics)

The RWC1000 is an excellent tool to certify cat5/6 cabling and data jacks! After you use it a couple of times, you won't have to go back to the book to recall the steps for testing the data cable. It does an excellent job to provide the certification you need, either on screen or print-out on an Excel spreadsheet.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as accurate as I hoped, February 3, 2012

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Brian Looney - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ByteBrothers RWC1000K Real World Certifier 2 (Electronics)

The RWC does do a lot of work for you. I can't compare this to other products, because I am new to certifying cabling, but I know that it has generated false certification sometimes. I had a run that was over the max distance for 100m and 1gb (more than 100 meters) but it certified it for 1gb. I doubt that I could get that run to work with 1gb. Another time it called a cable 1gb certified for 1gb that I only tested with 100mb. That said, it does do a lot of work and will definitely tell whether or not cable is installed properly. It gives you wire distance as well as testing for next and fext. any problems on the cable will be found. It is a big boost to my cable installation, helping me to make sure that the cable is not the problem when I install cable,or when there is a network issue where cabling is suspected. Great certifier for the price, though you could look at fluke networks lower end products to see if they are more accurate.