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Medic!
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 ͡°)
“Doctor, are you sure this will work!?”
“HAHA, I have NO IDEA!”
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Guy I used to work with would intentionally break off the latch on every cable he touched, rendering this question moot.
That guy must get around because I have seen far too many cables like that in important racks.
I prefer bareback
This is the way.
I always circumcise my RJ45 connectors before plugging them in.
Great, now I’m going to call these RJ45 foreskins.
One on the right, when asked about “some switches”:
I’m a no boot man, causes more issues then they solve.
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.
There’s a secret third option I didn’t include
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How is it hard to get right?
Maybe they meant that they solve the issues after causing them. Who can really know?
The one on the right can still have the boot’s tab slip under the plug’s tab, preventing the plug’s tab from being physically depressed far enough to release the plug from the socket.
The one on the left gets the utility knife circumcision.
If you cut the bottom of the hood halfway, it protects the tab but still squishes to disconnect. I’ve lost too many tabs to the full circumcision.
Reboots some switches is a pro.
Neither. I choose neither.
Neither, cable boots are a pain in the ass no matter the design.
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.
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.
Time for you to discover ‘locking Ethernet’ which has its own pros and cons
Chaos monkey… engage
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