[105293] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Jun 17 02:12:11 2008
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
In-Reply-To: <200806170059.m5H0xuhf061603@aurora.sol.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:11:45 -0700
Cc: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Jun 16, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
>> 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.
I'm very fond of the Brady with the self-laminating wrap-around vinyl
labels.
Owen
