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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb () netcases net>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:40:51 -0500
On 12/20/2012 1:20 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
I was looking at a Raspberry Pi board and was struck with how large the ethernet connector is in comparison to the board as a whole. It strikes me: ethernet connectors haven't changed that I'm aware in pretty much 25 years. Every other cable has changed several times in that time frame. I imaging that if anybody cared, ethernet cables could be many times smaller. Looking at wiring closets,Seen an AUI or vampire tap recently? Vampires made a certain amount of sense, but the AUI connector seemed to have little purpose other than recycling weak metal from Coors beer cans. IIRC, the inventor apologized.etc, it seems like it might be a big win for density too. So why, oh why, nanog the omniscient do we still use rj45's? Mike
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- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jay Ashworth (Dec 22)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Wayne E Bouchard (Dec 22)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Aled Morris (Dec 23)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Brielle Bruns (Dec 23)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Howard C. Berkowitz (Dec 23)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Nick B (Dec 23)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 24)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Wayne E Bouchard (Dec 24)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Eugeniu Patrascu (Dec 26)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Brandt, Ralph (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Bret Clark (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? David Edelman (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? George Herbert (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jeroen van Aart (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Warren Bailey (Dec 20)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jamie Bowden (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Eugen Leitl (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? Tony Finch (Dec 21)