[105266] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Mon Jun 16 21:14:03 2008
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: shrdlu@deaddrop.org (Lynda)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:13:49 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <48570CC8.1090605@deaddrop.org> from "Lynda" at Jun 16,
2008 06:00:56 PM
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> > But for proper cabling, see
> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM -- and make sure you read
> > the comments...
>
> *That* link requires a put-down-your-coffee warning. Most notable is the
> number of stars in the rating, which goes hand in hand with the
> comments. Thank you. I still have tears in my eyes.
And it's all relative. One of the comments was:
"You can get the exact same connection from a $5 digital cable."
And I found myself thinking, "at that price, even that's a rip-off."
But that's bulk wholesale pricing I'm thinking of, I guess, or make it
yourself.
Speaking of cables and veering off towards cable-making, I was wondering
what people thought of the so-called "EZ RJ45" stuff. One of the hazards
of doing long-term cut-to-length wiring is that if a crimp really goes
wrong, you might mess up your artistic work or need to re-cut a new cable.
Even having done as many cables as I've done, I occasionally have one go
bad. The EZ stuff looks like an interesting compromise, does anyone with
a few thousand crimps worth of experience with it have any comments?
... JG
--
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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