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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:07:18 -0500 (EST)
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From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia () gmail com>
On 12/21/12, 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 theLikely any connector with a latching retention mechanism requiring a manual release will have this kind of problem in space-constrained situations. A small flat edge screwdriver, spudger, or similar instrument can work wonders, since they are much longer than fingers.
I, too, have had to peel patch cables with boots off the front of a 4506; it is indeed no fun. That's not really where they belong, though; they belong on 6-12'+ *drop* cables, not on patch cables. There, they're useful in saving you having to reconnectorize a cable when you pull the clip off, while back-fishing it. You can -- and should -- order frame patch cables without the boots. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
Current thread:
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- 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? Aled Morris (Dec 20)
- 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)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Brandt, Ralph (Dec 21)