[159079] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Fri Dec 21 09:53:43 2012
From: Matthew Black <Matthew.Black@csulb.edu>
To: 'Michael Thomas' <mike@mtcc.com>, NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:53:22 +0000
In-Reply-To: <50D356DB.5090809@mtcc.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Are you talking about the "N" connectors with those 802.3 transceiver cable=
s, BNC connectors (10Base5), or an Type RJ45 (10Base-T) telco style connect=
or?
I couldn't find anyone selling multi-step thicknet strippers in the late 19=
80s, so I had to use a Xacto knife to prepare thicknet cable and then crimp=
about 20 N connectors. Data General donated 8 workstations and CAD circuit=
-design software to our University. The workstations used N-style transceiv=
ers instead of those with vampire taps.
What a nightmare! )-;
matthew black
california state university, long beach
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Thomas [mailto:mike@mtcc.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:20 AM
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 eth=
ernet
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 ot=
her
cable has changed several times in that time frame. I imaging that if anybo=
dy
cared, ethernet cables could be many times smaller. Looking at wiring close=
ts,
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
