Customer Reviews:
 Won't help check USB & Firewire cables like I thought. July 22, 2010
Dale Baird
It seemed like I could buy these adapters to increase the functionality of the TC-NT2 to test USB and FireWire cables. I bought both (the tester and adapters) and I should have looked at the designs first. Only one adapter will plug into the TC-NT2. There is not enough spacing on the TC-NT2 Ethernet plugs to plug both adapters in (see pictures) and test the cables. The design of the adapter should be rotated 90 degrees to make it usable for use with this tester and testing these cables. Guess I need an adapter for the adapters.
 Used for testing USB and firewire cables December 30, 2009
Matthew Ackerman
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Buy this:
http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Cable-Tester-COAX-TC-NT2/dp/B0000AZK08/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_a
Then buy this adapter. You can now test USB and firewire cables. Tada!
I have no clue what the above reviewers were talking about. This is not to hook up your computer via USB to ethernet or other such non-sense.
you couldnt figure it out? seriously? October 20, 2009
oakie (Las Vegas, for now)
7 out of 17 found this review helpful
1. buy things you either know how to use or can figure it out on your own.
2. see a shiny object you want to buy? refer to step 1.
it's kinda obvious what this adapter does. once you figure it out, it does it quite well, although it's real world use is dubious, IMO. why? because a Cat-5 network cable is cheaper per foot than a USB or Firewire Alpha cable in most cases. this is only good if you have one of these cables laying around but need a network cable... so you jump on Amazon and instead of buying a network cable, you buy this instead.
ok, so you made that mistake... now to make use of it without looking like a *complete* retard in front of your spouse who told you just to buy a damn network cable.
take your usb a-a, usb a-b, or firewire alpha-alpha cable. pick one of the three. not two. not three. just one of those three.
connect one each of these adapters to each end. you should have ordered either two of these adapters or a single package that came with one pair. one adapter at each end of the cable you chose to use. square peg, square hole... it doesnt matter which socket you use on the adapter as long as you are using one, and only one, cable and the plug fits in the socket.
now connect one end to the network port on your computer. connect the other end to either another computer, switch, router, or broadband modem.
*TA DAA!*
you have just turned your usb a-a, usb a-b, or firewire alpha-alpha cable into a makeshift network cable!
but the kicker, and probably what is confusing you: you must use one adapter per end of the cable. you cannot use this to connect a USB port to a network port, a firewire port to a network port, or vice-versa. why not? because for usb or firewire to work, each end of the cable needs a device with a serial controller chip... one on the send, one on the receive. if you try to connect from a usb port to a network port, the network port has no serial controller chip to establish or maintain communication and thus it doesnt work. (hint: network ports are attached to network controller chips, not serial controller chips.)
and that's probably what got you thinking you knew what it was but yet you had no idea.
now go back and order the damn network cable like your spouse told you to. :)
 adaptor July 29, 2008
Antonio Moore
2 out of 29 found this review helpful
i cannot use the product it was a waste. now dont know wat to do with it
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