[105264] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Mon Jun 16 21:02:34 2008
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: LarrySheldon@cox.net (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:59:56 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <4857098B.9050704@cox.net> from "Laurence F. Sheldon,
Jr." at Jun 16, 2008 07:47:07 PM
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> 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.
Ha, I don't see many other people who do that.
So is the labeling device of choice still the Dymo Rhino stuff?
Preferences for/against heat shrink vs other methods? Always fun to see
what others are doing.
... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
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With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
