[159071] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy Hess)
Fri Dec 21 00:16:54 2012
In-Reply-To: <20121220184104.GA46518@wakko.typo.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:16:40 -0600
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
To: Wayne E Bouchard <web@typo.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12/20/12, Wayne E Bouchard <web@typo.org> wrote:
> Really, it will remain that way until the bandwidth needs from the
> desktop begin to push the GE threshold. Until then, why bother
> changing anything? When that does happen, it'll pretty well deal with
> itself.
At which point the 8P8C connectors on desktops and laptops changes from RJ45 to
SFP+ cage with LC connector, or direct-attach SFP+ between
laptop and "active" fabric extender in the nearby wall jack; fed
by fiber, with 10G-SR optical...
Because the copper spec for >1gig was 10GBase-CX4; much heavier than Cat5.
And there won't be much tolerance for the copper 15 meter distance
limit in any case.
> -Wayne
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-JH
