[62462] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worst design decisions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Vierling)
Thu Sep 18 11:58:54 2003
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:44:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
To: John Palmer <nanog@adns.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <016a01c37df9$3f675090$3119d797@JPALMERWIN2K>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, John Palmer wrote:
: > ...and combine that with the RJ45 connecters that have a rubber hood over
: > the release. Grrrrr!
: Thats to prevent it from being disconnected accidentally
: (or for any other reason :->)
Actually, the original intent of those hoods was to snagproof the locking
tab -- which is of interest to places that have the Web O' Patch Panel
Cables. Think "pull a disconnected cable out of the tangled mess and try
not to break off the locking tab". 8-)
So it's a tradeoff between preserving the RJ45 connector and making it easy
to disconnect.
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-- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com>
