[159066] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Bedard)
Thu Dec 20 19:05:54 2012
From: Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:05:42 -0800
To: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>, NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
There have been some smaller connectors but nothing with widespread
adoption. Tyco has something called RJ point 5 which uses standard UTP
cable but looks like a squashed RJ 45 and has double the density.
Wouldn't save much space on a Pi thigh its meant more for bulk
applications. From: Michael Thomas
Sent: 12/20/2012 13:21
To: NANOG list
Subject: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
I was looking at a Raspberry Pi board and was struck with how large the ethernet
connector is in comparison to the board as a whole. It strikes me: ethernet
connectors haven't changed that I'm aware in pretty much 25 years. Every other
cable has changed several times in that time frame. I imaging that if anybody
cared, ethernet cables could be many times smaller. Looking at wiring closets,
etc, it seems like it might be a big win for density too.
So why, oh why, nanog the omniscient do we still use rj45's?
Mike
