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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb () netcases net>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:03:09 -0500
On 12/23/2012 7:44 AM, Aled Morris wrote:
On 23 December 2012 01:07, Wayne E Bouchard <web () typo org> wrote:They serve quite well until I get to a switch that some douchebag mounted rear facing on the front posts of the rackI see this all the time with low-end Cisco ISR products (2... and 3... routers) since CIsco insist on having a "pretty" plastic fascia with their logo, model number, power LED etc. on the unuseful side.
Such routers have two fronts: a suit side and an operational side.
Less experienced installers (being generous with my terminology) assume this is therefore the "front" and mount it facing on the front rails, leaving the connector side buried half way into the rack where only a proctologist can reach the plugs.
For further detail about the latter: http://f2.org/humour/songs/crs.html
I use this as a gauge of experience in interviews for engineers... "Here's a new router and here's the rack mount ears. Show me where they go." Aled
Current thread:
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- 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)
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- 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)
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