Re: Cable-Tying with Waxed Twine

["Wayne E. Bouchard" <web () typo org>]

Oh, just a small note on this topic...

Lacing (or even zip tying) doesn't really help a great deal for
tracability and whatnot unless you at least do a rough job of combing
out cables. In fact, failing to do so when you're tying cables down
can kink cables and actually lead to failures since many people haev a
tendancy to overtighten laces.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:49:43PM -0800, Steve Rubin wrote:
> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > This seems a wee bit off topic, but definitely relates to network 
> > operations (somewhere below layer 1) and I can't think of a better 
> > place to ask.
> >
> > Upon leaving a router at telx and asking one of their techs to plug in 
> > the equipment for me, I came back to find all my cat5 cables neatly 
> > tied with some sort of waxed twine, using an interesting looping knot 
> > pattern that repeated every six inches or so using a single piece of 
> > string.  For some reason, I found this trick really cool.
> >
> > I have tried googling for the method, (it's apparently standard, I've 
> > seen it in play elsewhere), and for the type of twine, but had little 
> > luck.  I was wondering if any of the gurus out there would care to 
> > share what this knot-pattern is actually called, and/or if there's a 
> > (illustrated) howto somewhere?
> >
> > -Dan "Tired of getting scratched up by jagged cable ties" Mahoney
>
> Best site I have seen so far:
> http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/

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Wayne Bouchard
web () typo org
Network Dude
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