NetTool Menus PC, Link Configuration, Health | Fluke manual

NetTool Menus - PC

⇒Connect NetTool to a PC and select the PC icon. The icon displays on the left or right, depending on where you connected the cable.

⇒After the PC sends frames, you can scan the PC configuration by navigating through the menu. This view of the PC is invaluable in troubleshooting

networked PCs.

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Link Configuration

Hey there, what’s your sign?

The link configuration screen provides the following key link information about the device to which NetTool is connected:

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Receive Pair	Polarity
Advertised Speed	Advertised Duplex
Actual Speed	Actual Duplex
Level

Health

Don’t know why that PC seems a bit under the weather?

Check out the health of frames the PC has sent since you started AutoTest and isolate PC related problems.

Frames	Short Frames
Broadcasts	Jabbers
Errors	Collisions
FCS (Frame
Check Sum)

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