[105262] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Ward)
Mon Jun 16 20:58:00 2008
From: Nathan Ward <nanog@daork.net>
To: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <4856F09D.7030409@psg.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:57:47 +1200
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 17/06/2008, at 11:00 AM, Randy Bush wrote:
> all you people are just sooooo retro and boring. i like purple,
> fluorescent lime, ...
>
> the colors make no difference as long as you are consistent.
> labeling,
> consistent port use (oob port == power port == switch port ==) are
> what
> will bail you out at three in the morning.
My cables are all black, and are scented with different citrus fruits.
When I have a customer without as keen a sense of smell, I've noticed
that my local patch cable vendor only does x-over in purple or beige.
That made that decision for me fairly quickly.
--
Nathan Ward
