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 as it’s packed with capability and provides several custom configuration options that can be set per tester or within Link-Live Cloud Service.

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 as an office assistant can run a test while the NOC sees the detailed result appear on the Link-Live Cloud Service dashboard.

View Detailed Test Results on Your Mobile Device

The LinkSprinter test results can be accessed through the browser of any mobile device with its built-in low-power Wi-Fi access point. By utilizing your mobile device and any web browser you can instantly see your test results without having to download a mobile application. This low-power Wi-Fi access point will not allow access to the internet like a hot spot, and it’s range is less than 10 feet.
 

Link-Live Cloud Service

Welcome to Link-Live Cloud Service, a centralized management, collaboration and archival workspace for network connectivity test results from NETSCOUT's hand-held network testers. Test results are automatically sent to your secure 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 attached a photo. That annotation is then automatically added to that record in Link-Live, creating a very in-depth understanding as to the performance of each link and mapping endpoint images (wall jacks, devices, serial numbers) directly their switch slot and port.

Link-Live Cloud Service Features:

• Complementary, no annual service fees
• Manage, sort and analyze test results
• Filter results by time, user, network device, errors, instrument, and more
• Add comments or photos to any test result
• Automatic filing of tests into specific folders
• Proxy support
• Buffer up to 10 test results

 

On Your Phone

Need more details? The LinkSprinter can deliver them in your mobile device browser with its built-in Wi-Fi access point. Simply connect to your LinkSprinter as a Wi-Fi access point and then open the browser in your mobile device to and type in address 172.16.9.9 to instantly see detailed results.

Example detailed screen shots you can see on your mobile device are below.

Blink Light on Switch Port

If you need to verify the connection path between jack location and switch port, LinkSprinter 300 will blink the light on the switch port it is connected to, allow you to understand the full connection path.
 

Cable Test

With the LinkSprinter, you can test the cable to find the distance to Open, Short, Split.
 

Speed and Duplex

When you have configured LinkSprinter to test at 1 Gbps (1000 BASE-T ), it will verify if the link is capable of supporting that speed. If it verifies the link is not capable of running at 1 Gbps, it will give a yellow LED indicator for Link and report the highest speed possible.

Below are two examples that show what it looks like when LinkSprinter is configured to test at 1 Gbps but can only connect at 100 vs. a good result where it validated connectivity at 1 Gbps. Not being able to connect could be caused by an open, short or split pair. Using the LinkSprinter, you can further troubleshoot the problem by doing a cable test.