D-Link DGS-3200-10 Product Manual - Page 226

xStack® DGS-3200 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch Cable Diagnostics The cable diagnostics feature is designed primarily for administrators or customer service representatives to verify and test copper cables; it can rapidly determine the quality of the cables and the types of error. To view the following window, click Monitoring > Cable Diagnostics: Figure 7 - 3. Cable Diagnostics window To view the cable diagnostics for a particular port, use the drop-down menu to choose the port and click Test The information will be displayed in this window. Cable Diagnostics Notes 1. The following two co nditions app ly fo r ports 9 and 10 on th e DGS-320 0-10, for ports 13, 14, 15 , an d 16 on the DGS-3200-16, and ports 25 , 26 , 27 , an d 28 on th e DGS-3200-24: cr osstalk err ors can not be recognized and th e length cannot be obtained when th e po rt is conn ected to a 1000Mbytes po rt which is eith er fo rced to 10/100Mbytes or pow ered down. 2. If cable length is displayed as "NA," this means the cable length is "Not Available". 3. The cable length cannot exceed 80 meters if the port is connected to a powered-off device or to a port which is configured to force 10/100Mbytes speed. 4. Accurate measurement cannot be obtained when the cable is shorter than 1 meter. 5. The error deviation is +/-5 meters in length. 6. Cable fault is measured and the fault length is identified according to the distance from the switch. 213