LinkSprinter is a pocket-sized Ethernet tester that provides complete end-to-end network connectivity testing and automated cloud based reporting all with the touch of a button. LinkSprinter is used by PC help desk, front line technicians, network engineers and many others, to validate network connectivity, cable, and that power is correctly being applied to PoE powered devices.

Simply connect an Ethernet cable and the LinkSprinter goes to work checking the connection path from wall jack to internet and in less than 10 seconds, you’ll know that status of the connection path through color coded LEDs.

Big Things Come In Small Packages
Don’t let LinkSprinter’s small stature fool you, it’s packed with capability and provides several custom configuration options that can be set per tester or within Link-Live Cloud Service Job Pro and the setting is pushed to all units enabling better workforce automation.

LinkSprinter runs a series of standardized tests to ensure consistency in workflow and documentation across team members regardless of skill level.

• Power Over Ethernet (PoE)
  • Check to make sure you can power a phone, security camera or Access Point through a specific port. The LinkSprinter Network Tester can even run without batteries on PoE.
• Link to the Switch
  • Perform a switch test, which indicates switch name, model, slot, port and VLAN you are connected to using CDP/LLDP/EDP. Know your available speed and duplex settings.
• DHCP Connection
  • Confirm that the DHCP server is running and responsive. Request an IP address, get your subnet information, and identify the default gateway and DNS server.
• Gateway Connection
  • Verify the gateway/router address and reachability by pinging the device.
• Internet Connection
  • Confirm cloud connectivity or internal service reachability. Verify DNS server lookup and application port connectivity.

Quick Answers to Common Tasks

• Moves, Adds, Changes
  • Validate proper connectivity including IP subnet and VLAN so you're ready when devices arrive.
• PoE Validation
  • Ensure switch port provisioning and cabling before installing cameras, phones, or wireless access point.
• PC Help Desk
  • Is the problem in the PC or the Network? If it’s the network, find out where so you can escalate with facts.
• Gateway Connection
  • Verify the gateway/router address and reachability by pinging the device.
• Remote Site Network Connectivity Validation
  • Leave one on site, even an office assistant can run a test while the NOC sees the detailed result appear on the Link-Live Cloud Service dashboard.

Link-Live Cloud Service
Link-Live Cloud Service is a centralized management, collaboration and archival dashboard for network connectivity test results from LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT hand-held network testers. Results are automatically sent to Link-Live, providing organizations with the ability to quickly and easily document the network, provide proof of performance, and better manage jobs and staff efficiency.

Link-Live offers two levels, Essentials and Job Pro. Essentials comes standard with all models of LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT, and provides important test results management and reporting capabilities. Job Pro expands Essentials into a more complete test results management platform providing greater job visibility, project control, tester, and user management.
 

Link-Solutions

 

The Adaptable and Affordable Toolset for Network Connectivity Testing, Documentation and Reporting

 Many IT organizations trying to troubleshoot that age old problem “is it the Network or the PC” find the task of troubleshooting to be challenging. This can be attributed to not having the right tools or standardized methods across team members and often resort to swap and replace trial and error or rely on the old school method of laptop based troubleshooting. Unfortunately, those methods are not only time consuming, but they can’t perform in-depth connectivity troubleshooting tests, and often results in no resolution to the problem. Particularly with laptop based troubleshooting that can’t perform tests such as PoE level to ensure the device in question is receiving enough power to run, not to mention they are cumbersome, especially in tight spaces, up on ladders and then there is the size, weight and battery life to contend with.

Solutions
Technology has come a long way and Fluke Networks has been providing test solutions for decades. After working with hundreds of thousands of customers across an expanse of every vertical industry imaginable, we’ve got the task of connectivity testing down to a science so give it a try and see how your peers are getting the job done faster and easier with Link-Solutions.


Link-Solutions ™ Overview
Link-Solutions is a complete product offering that can be scaled based on network sophistication and skill level. Our goal was to keep the workflow simple yet powerful and flexible such that organizations can outfit users of varying skill level with a standardized process for network verification and troubleshooting – the right tool for the job. The result is greater work - force enablement at a price point every IT budget can support.

Link-Solutions is comprised of hand-held test and cloud based reporting. On the hand-held test side LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT perform varying levels of testing capability but both offer completely automated reporting to the same Link-Live Cloud Service. Within the Link-Live Cloud Service dash- board you’ll see every test appear on the dashboard as it occurs providing better job visibility and project control as you can easily keep track of who is testing what, where and when.

The Right Tool for the Job
Here’s how the depth of test breaks down between LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT. Be sure to understand which models within each LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT family offer the specific capabilities you need to customize a toolkit that supports your unique requirement.

Link-Live Cloud Service
Managing test results is often time consuming and cumbersome, leaving many organizations to just go without or when documentation does occur, it’s inconsistent, ad hoc and may contain erroneous or missing results, which provides no value to the business.

There is a better way, welcome to Link-Live Cloud Service, a centralized management, collaboration and archival workspace for network connec- tivity test results from LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT hand-held network testers.

Test results are automatically sent to your Link-Live cloud account, providing organizations with a newfound ability to quickly and easily document their network, provide proof of performance and better manage jobs and staff efficiency. In addition, an e-mail of every test result is sent as it occurs; allowing the technician to annotate information about the test and even attach a photo. That annotation is then automatically added to that record in Link-Live, creating an in-depth record of performance for each link and mapped connectivity path.

Link-Live Cloud Service Levels
Link-Live offers two levels, Essentials and Job Pro. Essentials comes standard with all models of LinkSprinter and LinkRunner AT, and provides important test results management and reporting capabilities. Job Pro expands Essentials into a more complete test results management platform providing greater job visibility, project control, tester and user management.

Essentials
Complementary

• Manage, sort and analyze network test results
• Filter results by time, user, network, errors
• Download firmware updates
• Generate reports in .pdf or .csv output
• Annotate test results
• Centralized multi-unit auto configuration

Job Pro

Adds the following capabilities to Essentials and is available in 1 year and 3 year subscription offerings.

• Job folders (organize by site, job, customer, etc.)
• Custom cover page and analytical summary report
• On tester persistent comments
• Auto file into folders
• Attach photos