On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Dan Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > Another test you can do is connect one end of the fiber cable to the > switch and look at the other end of the cable through the electronic > viewfinder of a digital camera. They can usually see the light coming > through, which is at a wavelength the human eye can't detect. It > usually looks like a bright white light. This works very well for 1Gb > fiber connections - I haven't had luck with this at 10Gb for a reason > I've yet to determine. Some digital cameras block this wavelength but > none of my iPhones or blackberries ever have.
But don't stare into the fiber. That's a laser, not just a light. Low power unless you're using long distance GBICs, but still a laser. Shine the output of the fiber onto something else, like paper, then view as above. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
