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Chapter 7
Cable Testing Fundamentals
Contents
• Testing Twisted Pair Cables
• Wire Map Test
• Wire Length Test
• DC Resistance Test
• NEXT, ELFEXT, and Power Sum Test
• Attenuation Test
• Return Loss Test
• Impedance Test
• Delay and Skew Test
• Capacitance Test
• ACR and Power Sum ACR Test
• Headroom Test
• Testing and Troubleshooting 10Base-T Cabling
• Testing and Troubleshooting with Block Adapters