BOOGIIO Wire Tester RJ45 RJ11 Cable Tracker Line Finder Multifunction Wire Tracker Ethernet LAN Network Cat5 Cat6 with Earphone for Cable Collation, Network Maintenance Collation, Telephone Line Test

I bought the BOOGIIO Wire Tester RJ45/RJ11 Cable Tracker for basic network troubleshooting, and it works exactly as expected. It’s very useful for checking cable continuity and for tracing Ethernet or phone lines through walls or patch panels without disconnecting everything. The device is easy to use, even if you’re not a professional technician. The LED indicators clearly show wiring order and help detect open, short, or crossed cables. The tone generator and probe are accurate and loud enough to trace cables in a rack or office environment. Build quality is decent for the price, and it feels solid in hand. It’s lightweight and portable, which makes it convenient for on-site work. Batteries last a good amount of time as well. Overall, this is an excellent value for home users, IT students, and small network maintenance tasks. Highly recommended if you need a reliable and affordable cable tester. ✔️ Easy to use ✔️ Accurate cable tracing ✔️ Good value for the price Would definitely buy again.

Bought this after breaking my work supplied one and, my boss was so impressed with its functionality for the price, he bought 7 for the team. Battery is a 9v system last a while, and for it all being plastic I've dropped it from over 12" still works great

Good buy for $20. The toner and probe are good. They're not as powerful as my Fox+Hound but way better than my $25 Extech. I was able to tone out a 100ft cat5e line on the patch pannel pretty easily. The tone generator is very powerful and blasts cross talk into 6+ lines but it not too hard to narrow it down to the correct wire on a patch pannel. In a bundle tough, forget about it. Too much crosstalk. Another negative is the tone generator does go through 9v batteries fast. The wire testing works great. You do have to read the poorly translated manual to know how to test for line continuity, polarity and tip+ring. Also the alligator clips are a joke. I also love the on/off switch on the wand so i can tone without holding down a button. Be aware this isn't a professional tool. If you're going to be toning out lines routinely and toning out lines in bundles spend the $$$ and get a Triplett Fox+hound, or Tempo/greenlee. Those probes are way stronger more accurate, much less cross talk, have more features for tracing, and don't eat batteries. But for occasional use or something to keep in your IT dept as a backup its good. Update: so after using the probe with different tone generators and testing them all with a multimeter the secret sauce to this kits performance is the tone generator. The probe is as weak as the other cheap sub $30 probes but the tone generator puts a 7v signal out on all 4 pairs while the tempos, flukes, (and other cheapies for that matter) put a 3-4v signal out on 1 pair. In addition to putting tone out on 8 wires it doesnt put it out on pairs that are connected on the switch end so theres no continuity if its plugged into a switch. This makes it LOUD. The upside of this is you can get a loud tone from a dirt cheap probe because you're basically blasting the whole cable out with tone. The downside of this is LOTS of crosstalk and a short battery life.

If you're doing any type of data or voice wiring just get this kit and save yourself some time and energy if you have a problem. I do a lot of Ethernet wiring and need a kit to track down wire runs and problems. This inexpensive kit has saved me hours of time and climbing through attics. Use it to positively identify wire runs and connectivity of the pairs. Very functional and economical. Battery life is excellent. Couldn't be without this doing my job.

Very nice compact product will require 2 9 V batteries to make it function works great. No issues helps find unmarked cables by putting a tone on the cable. Works as designed no issues at all.

So, it's inexpensive, and it makes tones on wires and lights up if a wire has continuity. Exactly what you were after. Down-side, you have to use the included earbuds to hear the tone. Which, if you're in a wiring closet waving this thing around at the end of your arm you've just pulled them out of your ears and won't hear the tone. Which is annoying. Anybody using a wire toner to find a circuit is not, repeat not, doing so during a funeral, church services, or at the ballet. The earbuds are thus necessary but a great hassle to keep in while toning. The signal strength is a bit weak, in spite of using 9vdc batteries which should give it a little more juice to work with. Continuity checks on ethernet wiring? Perfect tool! I've been a network engineer for 30 years now, I use Fluke products at work because I'm not paying for them. At home, on my dime, this does the job and if I break it I'm out the cost of a Happy Meal. Which, if you use it to tone a 110vac outlet to a de-energized breaker box and then happen to flip the breaker before remembering the tone generator is still in the outlet? Yeah, you're out a Happy Meal. Buy two of these before working on something that isn't low-voltage. I just wish they would have let that built-in speaker in the wand, you know, speak. Like it wants to do. Like it was made to do. Like it was born to do. Other recommendation: get four 9vdc rechargeable batteries because when you slip these into a tool pouch (which is not included and, really? How much can a nylon pouch actually cost?) the sliding switches will invariably slide and run the batteries down, and you will only find this out when you pull the pouch from your tool bag in Reva, SD in a -40F evening trying to figure out why an ethernet jack isn't feeding the WAP in the only motel in town, only to discover the nearest 9vdc battery is 40 miles away. For this kind of money, carry a spare and that includes the batteries too. To Sum, it's inexpensive, works, and is mildly inconvenient. I'd spend a few more bucks on one that doesn't require ear-buds or headphones.

Very good toner/tester. The toner is very loud and worked like a charm. First, terminated the cable where the internet router would be, then went to the basement to where all the wires are home-run. (It's a new house and the electrician ran wires from each internet location to the basement, then left without terminating any of the wires.) I had to strip the outer casing from the dozen wires to expose the 4 twisted pair on each, then touched the metal end of the receiver to each of the wires. All I heard was static until I touched the right one, and then a loud tone was heard. Found it. Terminated it. Tested it. All 8 lights lit up to show that both sides are terminated properly (you have to plug both sides in - one to the receiver one to the emitter. Worked perfectly. Note: you need 2 9V batteries.

Piece of junk, its "working" but doesn't do the job. Needed to trace the path of a thermostat wire, it gives a signal when 1/2 inch from the wire but just puts out a low signal anywhere else. Could not follow the path behind the drywall. I made my own, worked great. I had a 12 volt relay so I wired 12 volts to the coil through the normally closed contact so that it buzzed when power applied. I connected the positive side of the coil to the wire I needed to trace. I then got my portable transistor radio on AM that picked up the static it was generating to follow the wire.