[168651] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Twinax trivia check (was Re: Is there such a thing as a 10GBase-T
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryan Tong)
Sun Feb 2 16:03:36 2014
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Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 14:03:18 -0700
From: Bryan Tong <contact@nullivex.com>
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
These cables are most commonly known as "Direct Attach Copper SFP+"
On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "joel jaeggli" <joelja@bogus.com <javascript:;>>
>
> > > I thought "Twinax" was an IBMish MILSPEC term.
> >
> > twinax could refer to a specific technology or to the presence of dual
> > inner conductors e.g. in contrast to coax or triax.
>
> Rather specifically, Twinax refers to cable with 2 center conductors in
> it's foam or plastic insulator *both within the same shield* -- generally,
> I think always, a balanced pair.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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