>From the newsletter: This works on SXT-G, RB711G, RB2011, RB750 series and other devices with the same switch chips, and also the Cloud Core series devices.
Here is example output: *[admin@CCR] > interface ethernet monitor ether5* * status: no-link* * auto-negotiation: done* * cable-pairs: open:4,open:4,open:4,open:4* In the above example, cable is not shorted but cut “open” at 4 meters lenght, all cable pairs equally at same location -Ty On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote: > It would seem it's been in Atheros for a long time, but MT just added > support for it. It didn't specify where it does/doesn't work so I expect > we're to assume it's everything MT made. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > That feature has been in Marvell chipsets for almost 10 years. It's about > > time Atheros got with the program. ;-) > > > > > > > > ----- > > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> > > To: "Mikrotik discussions" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:13:43 AM > > Subject: [Mikrotik] MT cable diagnostics > > > > Anyone seen this in action? > > > > In RouterOS v5.21 and newer releases we have > > added a wonderful new diagnostics feature - > > ability to detect cable problems. For example, if > > you have an apartment building with complicated > > Ethernet wiring inside the walls or ceilings, and > > you lose the link - previously, you would need > > special equipment to pinpoint the location of > > cable damage, before you open that wall, but > > now - RouterOS will tell you these things: > > • which cable pair is damaged > > • at what length is the cable broken > > • how is the cable broken - shorted or torn > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > > > http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20121114/945ee98a/attachment.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mikrotik mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > > RouterOS > > _______________________________________________ > > Mikrotik mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20121114/aace7b3c/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20121114/1e878583/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
