[105260] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Mon Jun 16 20:47:19 2008
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:47:07 -0500
From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20080616202557.43e7e6f2@cs.columbia.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I am seriously old school--"patch cords" for me conjure (in addition to
the modern views) 4-wire patches and coax patches (some of which were
called "hairpins").
To me far more important that color is tags, one on each end if it is
more that a foot long.
The tags should have a short (two or three word) description, the
authority for the patch (person's name or position, order number, or
trouble ticket number) and where the _other_ end of the patch is,
followed by where _this_ is. (For short cords "this" will cover both
ends, probably.
Why "this end"? Make a mistake and pull the wrong one out of a mostly
clear jack-field sometime. Clarity will occur.
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