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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:25:24 -0800
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote: ....
So why, oh why, nanog the omniscient do we still use rj45's?
Because 8P8C connectors are well understood (both physically, and electrically)? And inertia matters. On some newer kit, Apple has removed the Ethernet port and uses a Thunderbolt <-> Ethernet dongle. Apple seems to link Ethernet ports are too big.
Current thread:
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Aled Morris (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Tony Finch (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Chris Adams (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Aled Morris (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? William Herrin (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Lyndon Nerenberg (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Deepak Jain (Dec 20)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Matthew Black (Dec 21)