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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:56:22 -0600
Once upon a time, Wayne E Bouchard <web () typo org> said:
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.)
I have seen one good use for boots. Somebody had a cable (that was in a position that made it difficult to replace or re-crimp) that had a RJ45 with a bad tab. It wasn't broken off, but it wouldn't really latch into the jack. So, they pulled the boot back slightly and slipped the "bump" of the boot _under_ the tab, and that held it up and the cable stayed in. -- Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? William Herrin (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)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Eugeniu Patrascu (Dec 26)