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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: Wayne E Bouchard <web () typo org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:48:23 -0700
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 03:48:04PM -0600, Jason Baugher wrote:
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Naslund, Steve <SNaslund () medline com>wrote:I have noticed that too. However it is not the RJ-45 connector's fault. It is the morons that insist on recessing connectors in places where you can't get your finger on the tab. I like the patch cords that have the kind of loop/spring thing for a tab that does not catch on everything and that way you don't need the boot over the tab. Another pet peeve of mine is connector boots that harden up over time so it is nearly impossible to flex the tab to remove the cable. Also, how about the 48 port 6500 blades and trying to remove the cables near the blade extraction tabs. Grrrr. Yes, the tabs you refer to are the best. I have never done business withthis company, but that have a good picture for reference. http://www.computercablestore.com/10_FT_Booted_Cat5e_Networ_PID49403.aspx The full boots can be so thick that they won't fit into a high-density switch. If you're in a cold environment they go from difficult to compress to damn near impossible. More than once I've used a knife to cut a hardened boot off a cable so it's usable again. Jason
And that's the main reason I never order cables with boots on them. They're mostly just unnecessary headaches. (BTW, you forgot to mention them slipping loose and just pulling away from the connector or the tab slipping out from under the rubber and making the cable all the more difficult to remove.) -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard web () typo org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
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- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Tony Finch (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? William Herrin (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Tony Finch (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? joel jaeggli (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Aled Morris (Dec 20)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Eric Wieling (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Andre Gironda (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Randy Bush (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jason Baugher (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Wayne E Bouchard (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Chris Adams (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jimmy Hess (Dec 21)
- 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)