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INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 780094, five-in-one tester covering network, telephone, USB, FireWire and coaxial leads review

A tester that reaches beyond network leads to USB, FireWire and coaxial, and whose contents list holds a case and an adapter and no remote unit.

On the listing

A five-in-one cable tester for common cable types from network and computer work, with connections named in the title for RJ45, 10Base, RJ11, USB, FireWire and BNC; for Cat 5 and Cat 6 network and ISDN connections; for USB A and B and six-pin IEEE 1394 FireWire; a connection test with indicator lights for eight individual conductors and the shield; a check for a short circuit, a wrong pin assignment and no connection; and a contents list holding the cable tester, a carrying case, a coaxial adapter and a manual.

Five in the badge, six in the brackets

Five-in-one, then RJ45, 10Base, RJ11, USB, FireWire and BNC. Six kinds named, on the same line as the number five. Both are printed here as published. Whether 10Base is being counted as part of the RJ45 entry or as its own is not something this page decides, and it is not decided here either.

The shield gets its own light

Eight conductors and the screen. The same nine-way count as one other unit on this shelf, and on a shielded lead it is the ninth that fails quietly while everything else passes.

No remote in the box

The contents list is complete and short: tester, case, coaxial adapter, manual. No second unit. That settles what this instrument is for. It is a bench tester for leads that can be brought to it, and the wide range of connectors it accepts is exactly the range of leads that live in a drawer rather than in a wall.

Before ordering

Work out whether the cables come to you or you go to them. This tester assumes the first, and nothing in the box changes that.

Where it holds up, and where it stops

Strengths

  • Reaches beyond network wiring to USB, FireWire and coaxial leads, which is a drawer of old cables checked with one instrument
  • The shield gets an indicator of its own alongside the eight conductors
  • A carrying case and the coaxial adapter are both in the box, and the adapter is the part that would otherwise be lost first

Compromises

  • No remote unit appears anywhere, so a run already installed in a building cannot be checked from both ends with what is in the box
  • The badge says five in one and the brackets in the same title name six connector kinds
  • Nothing about cells, so the unit may arrive unable to do anything at all until a shop is visited

Specifications

Tester typeA continuity tester with indicator lights — the third bullet gives a connection test with lights for eight individual conductors and for the shield, and the fourth names the three faults it checks for. There is no screen and no distance measurement anywhere on the page
Connector types acceptedSix kinds are named in the title: RJ45, 10Base, RJ11, USB, FireWire and BNC, while the badge on the same title says five in one. The first bullet gives Cat 5 and Cat 6 network and ISDN connections, the second gives USB A and B and six-pin IEEE 1394 FireWire, and the contents list adds a coaxial adapter. The count in the badge and the count in the brackets are both printed here as published
Wire map detectionYes — the third bullet gives a light for each of the eight conductors and one for the shield, and the fourth names wrong pin assignment among the faults
Split pair detectionNot published on the listing — the three faults named are a short circuit, a wrong pin assignment and no connection, and a pair that is continuous but wrongly twisted is none of them
Length reportingNot published on the listing — no distance and no measurement appears in the title or in any of the five bullets
Tone and probe functionNot published on the listing — no tone generator and no probe is named, and the contents list holds the tester, a carrying case, a coaxial adapter and a manual
Remote units suppliedNot published on the listing — no remote unit is named in the title, in any bullet or in the contents list, which holds the tester, a carrying case, a coaxial adapter and a manual. Most of the units in this group state one
PoE detectionNot published on the listing — power over the network cable is not named in either direction anywhere on the page
Power sourceBattery-powered, with no batteries included — stated in the description
Amazon referenceB018EAEF4E
EAN0766623780094
On Amazon.comAmazon.com had an offer at $40 on October 26, 2026.

The questions that come up before an order

What is lost without a remote unit?

The ability to test a run that is already installed. A remote sits in the socket at the far end and answers for it, so one person can check a cable that disappears into a wall. Without one, both ends of the lead have to reach the instrument, which means a patch lead on a bench rather than a run through a building.

Why test a FireWire or USB lead at all?

Because the failure is the same failure: a conductor that does not reach the other end, or reaches the wrong pin. Those leads are usually thrown away rather than tested, and a unit that checks them turns a drawer of unknown cables into a small pile of good ones and a smaller pile for the bin.

Our score

7.8/ 10

The broadest range of connectors here, and the only unit whose contents list has no remote in it. On a bench that is a fair trade; for a run in a wall it is the wrong instrument.

Against the rest of the network and storage gear

This network and storage gear share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.

Model Price Tester typeConnector types acceptedWire map detectionSplit pair detection
INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 780094, five-in-one tester covering network, telephone, USB, FireWire and coaxial leads $40 A continuity tester with indicator lights — the third bullet gives a connection test with lights for eight individual conductors and for the shield, and the fourth names the three faults it checks for. There is no screen and no distance measurement anywhere on the pageSix kinds are named in the title: RJ45, 10Base, RJ11, USB, FireWire and BNC, while the badge on the same title says five in one. The first bullet gives Cat 5 and Cat 6 network and ISDN connections, the second gives USB A and B and six-pin IEEE 1394 FireWire, and the contents list adds a coaxial adapter. The count in the badge and the count in the brackets are both printed here as publishedYes — the third bullet gives a light for each of the eight conductors and one for the shield, and the fourth names wrong pin assignment among the faultsNot published on the listing — the three faults named are a short circuit, a wrong pin assignment and no connection, and a pair that is continuous but wrongly twisted is none of them
KLEIN TOOLS VDV500-705, analog toner, adjustable volume and headphone jack $50 An analog tone generator and wire-tracing probe — stated in the first bullet for open-ended, non-active low-voltage wires under 60 V. The wire map is performed by the toner and probe together rather than by either alone, stated in the fifth bulletRJ45, RJ11 and RJ12 are named in the title, with an RJ45 to RJ45 test cable supplied per the fourth bullet, and alligator clips in the third for unterminated wire. The title also names Ethernet, telephone, speaker, coaxial, video and data cablesYes, but only with both halves in use — the fifth bullet states that the toner and the probe together perform a pin-to-pin wire map test. No per-conductor indicator count and no list of fault names is publishedNot published on the listing — the wire map is described as pin-to-pin and no fault is named individually, so a pair that is continuous but wrongly twisted is not addressed. No listing on this shelf publishes this row
NOYAFA NF-468S, 2,000 m (6562 ft) continuity reach, PoE claimed against its own warning $30 A continuity tester in two pieces with an LED result display and a PoE check — the second and third bullets name a QC continuity test and a host and remote arrangement, and the fourth adds the PoE function. No screen and no distance measurement appears anywhereRJ45, RJ11, RJ12 and Cat 3 telephone wiring — stated in the first bullet with Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 6A and "CAT67" named for RJ45, and 6P2C, 6P4C and 6P6C telephone formats named individually, shielded and unshielded. "CAT67" is not a categoryYes — the second bullet names open circuit, crossover, straight through and short circuit as the QC test results, and states that the test detects the crimping of the modular plug, which is the commonest fault in a hand-made leadNot published on the listing — the four results named are open, crossover, straight through and short, and a pair that is continuous but wrongly twisted is none of them. No listing on this shelf publishes this row
NOYAFA NF-8209, length per twisted pair in three units, live tracing to 600 m (1969 ft) $55 A multifunction tester and tracer in three pieces — transmitter, receiver and remote adapter, stated in the fifth bullet, with continuity testing, length measurement, PoE testing, port flash, link test, live tracing and a non-contact voltage pen named across the five bulletsRJ45, shielded and unshielded, with 8-pin network and 9-pin shielded leads both named in the second bullet. Cat 5 and Cat 6 are named for the length function in the third, and the title adds telephone line findingYes — the second bullet names short circuits, open circuits, miswiring and a normal connection as the one-to-one continuity results, with the remote adapter at the far end. The 9-pin case puts the drain of a screened lead inside the testNot published on the listing — the faults named are short circuit, open circuit and miswiring, and a pair that is continuous but wrongly twisted is none of them. No listing on this shelf publishes this row

What separates the models, in network and storage gear

  • If price decides: NOYAFA NF-468S, 2,000 m (6562 ft) continuity reach, PoE claimed against its own warning, at $30.

The buyer this one serves, among network and storage gear

A bench or a workshop drawer of assorted leads, where the network cables are only part of what needs checking and everything is within reach.

What this one costs among network and storage gear

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on October 26, 2026.

Sources

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