There are lots of great little cable testers that can "loop" an Ethernet link or even blink the switchport (this one is copper only): http://www.jdsu.com/products/communications-test-measurement/products/a-z-pr oduct-list/lanscaper.html The remote-triggered is harder, but there are a number of switches I have seen that have some form of line testing built in, so that might be close to a decent solution. One example is the "Integrated Cable Test" and Optical Transceiver Diagnostics in the Dell PowerConnect switches. -Scott -----Original Message----- From: David Barak [mailto:thegameiam@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:47 AM To: 'Andre Oppermann'; nanog@nanog.org; Ivan Pepelnjak Subject: RE: Point to Point Ethernet
Do you think this is useful? Maybe vendors will hear me/us.
-- Andre
We also need functional remote loop testing, of the "remote hands guy plugs in a loopback plug" or "I send remote-triggered loop" type. David Barak Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: http://www.listentothefranchise.com