I have a Fluke LinkRunner AT 2000 that validates up to 3at and actually
draw 25W from the switch. Works quite well.

http://www.flukenetworks.com/enterprise-network/network-testing/LinkRunner-AT-Network-Auto-Tester



Britton Anderson <[email protected]> | Senior Network Communications
Specialist | University of Alaska <http://www.alaska.edu/oit> | 907.450.8250

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Mike King <[email protected]> wrote:

> I had a fluke tool that did this.
>
> Visiting the Fluke homepage points me that my old tool is discontinued,
> and this is the new tool"
>
>
> http://www.flukenetworks.com/enterprise-network/network-testing/OneTouch-AT-Network-Assistant
>
> Specifically, states:
>
> Power over Ethernet (PoE)Single ended testing:
>
>    - User-defined testing to IEEE 802.3at class 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 without
>    LLDP negation, or 4 with LLDP negotiation
>    - The following PSE PoE parameters are measured:
>       - Received class
>       - PSE type
>       - Unloaded voltage(V)
>       - Pairs used
>       - Loaded voltage(V)
>       - Loaded power(W)
>
>
>
> Inline testing between PSE and PD devices:
>
>    - PoE Negotiation between PSE and PD
>    - The following PoE parameters are measured:
>       - Pairs used
>       - Voltage(V)
>       - Current(mA)
>       - Power(W)
>
> InfrastructureCable, link, PoE, nearest switch, nearest AP, DHCP server,
> DNS server, gateway - See more at:
> http://www.flukenetworks.com/enterprise-network/network-testing/OneTouch-AT-Network-Assistant#sthash.cnGe1K6O.dpuf
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Frank Sweetser <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> after troubleshooting some recent AP difficulties, I've realized that
>> we're woefully under-tooled for diagnosing PoE faults.  Does anyone out
>> there have any good, reasonably low cost hand held tools they can
>> recommend?  I'd ideally like something that can show me:
>>
>>  - Mid vs end span
>>  - 3af vs 3at
>>  - Actual measured voltage, possibly by briefly sinking max current for a
>> few seconds
>>  - LLDP data, such as negotiated power class, would be a bonus
>>
>> After some google searching, the closest that I can find to that feature
>> set is the Pockethernet, but using them would first require that they
>> actually start taking orders.  I haven't really found much else without
>> getting into lab bench gear, so I'm hoping someone out there has a good
>> secret tool they can recommend simple enough to give to a workstudy.
>>
>> Thanks all!
>>
>> --
>> Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu    |  For every problem, there is a
>> solution that
>> Manager of Network Operations   |  is simple, elegant, and wrong.
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