[105256] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Mon Jun 16 20:00:11 2008
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:58:05 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4856EC12.30500@wingfoot.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Once upon a time, plenum-rated cable only seemed to come in white or blue,
so I tried to use white consistently. Always helps to visually identify
the correct usage for POPs in existing buildings.
And, I've a tendency to use black for "internal network management" (unable
to be seen off LAN/VPN). Easy to tell staff "don't touch", and to visually
ensure going to the correct switch ports.
Yellow was pretty common for crossover cables, but now-a-days it's all
auto-sensing anyway.
