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Literally never found myself wanting one of these on my cable. I’ve found myself swearing at them more times than I can remember
One on the right, when asked about “some switches”:
Neither, cable boots are a pain in the ass no matter the design.
The one on the right, every day. The one on the left is a pain in the ass to disconnect.
Left
Guy I used to work with would intentionally break off the latch on every cable he touched, rendering this question moot.
I assume he has since disappeared under mysterious circumstances, at the same time as all of his coworkers were somewhere else on a walk together (or so they swear)
That guy must get around because I have seen far too many cables like that in important racks.
Reboots some switches is a pro.
* poorly designed switches
Medic!
Recite the Ode after me:
Orange-stripe Orange, Green-Stripe Blue,
Blue-Stripe Green, Brown-Stripe BrownAre we sure Lemmy doesn’t have an algorithm? This is the second comment dropping the Golden Crimping Code i see in like 5 minutes
Lemmy Code: Shun capitalism and push crimping products. You will comply.
Also: my life improved immensely when I decided to spend 12 quid to buy this:
I literally sploosh every time I use it. Doesn’t matter what the wire, length, thickness, or girth. They crimp all the same
Mine, hold your excitement, mine crimps from six sides at once!!! SIX!!
Oh shit, should I send mine back?? I got it yesterday, but not sure if I cheaped out. Is 6 better than 4?
I have no clue, probably not 😅
I just wanted to add to it. And I love how the crimp… things close!
I know! It’s sooo satisfying
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“Doctor, are you sure this will work!?”
“HAHA, I have NO IDEA!”
Finally a thread for me!
I like the protected tabs because barring any absurd workspace dimensions I can use the plastic as extra leverage to press down on the tab with.
And I like sliding the Ethernet Foreskin over the terminal after I’m done assembling it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Plus you can re-use the covers later for sex later
later for sex later
I always circumcise my RJ45 connectors before plugging them in.
Great, now I’m going to call these RJ45 foreskins.
Reboots some switches
How are you rebooting a switch with a connector?
Some dumber manufacturers put the reset button right above a port, such that the clip cover can bump it on insertion.
dumber manufacturers
Cisco
Sorry, dumb and corrupt manufacturers.
This Cisco field notice has diagrams for the curious.
Hey! You made me click a Cisco URL! My phone is provably infected now!
In some cases it presses the button that is right above the eathernet slots
I’ve never seen that button reboot a switch. If held during a reboot it will interrupt the boot process but not initiate it.
It presses the button or else it gets the hose again.
I’m a no boot man, causes more issues then they solve.
than*
How is it hard to get right?
Maybe they meant that they solve the issues after causing them. Who can really know?
Yes! I freaking hate boots and I’ve never really yanked a cable from the end where it would get stuck on something and I’ve been under a lot of desks and in telco closets/data centers.
There’s a secret third option I didn’t include
yeah same. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve ripped lock tabs off, meanwhile the number of times the stiff protective boot makes it impossible to unclip when it is cold or more than 5yo is easily in the thousands.
Also reterminating a plug with a broken lock tab takes like 5 minutes to cut and crimp… Or be a real chad and throw a strip of duct tape to hold it in and say fuckit.
5 min to fix is generous too. That includes finding your tools before and putting them away after.
Used to run LAN parties. We had a big bag of ethernet cables we inherited from the people who ran it before us, and like 50% of them had no tab. Eventually we chucked them out.
I have an optiplex micro I bought off eBay that has the opposite of the locking tab on the jack broken out. Piece of string tied around the cable then wrapped around the chassis to hold it in place.
Broken tab on the cable, using tape to keep it in the port.
I’m a “push buttons” computer nerd, not a “series of tubes” computer nerd
Why does this thing exist? What’s it for? Please treat me like one of the chimps from 2001 discovering the monolith, because that’s what the network is to me.
Also left one can fuck right off. Nobody tells me what I can’t unplug.
It’s there so the little plastic tab that keeps the Ethernet cable plugged in doesn’t break easily.
Because honestly, those little plastic tabs are a shit design for keeping something important plugged in.
Time for you to discover ‘locking Ethernet’ which has its own pros and cons
Thank you, I imagine it’s incredibly annoying when those break.
Eh, just takes a few minutes to replace. Though if you do it too often you can start to run into length issues.
We’re running that cable direct into the case and soldering the connectors, just for you. We’ll decide when you can disconnect.
I mean that’s why VGA connectors have screws, right?
VGA port: “I’m tired, boss”
and this is why NEC requires clamps on wires housed in boxes through walls.
Chaos monkey… engage
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