[179547] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: rack cable length
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Fri Apr 17 16:10:02 2015
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:09:25 -0400
To: Joe McLeod <jmcleod@musfiber.net>
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Joe McLeod <jmcleod@musfiber.net> wrote:
> Or you build the cable to fit the span. I must be getting old.
There's a "best of both worlds" version of this: buy lots of the
short-length cables (1 to 6 feet) and "cut down" longer cables where
the distance exceeds the short cables I can buy.
I typically buy 25' cables each of which turns in to a pair of shorter
cables with one manufactured and one field-terminated end. I end up
with cables that are "just right" and well organized.
Harder to do with power cables but still somewhat functional.
-Bill
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