Boots suck. Good connectors just have the tab be more of an inverted V shape, so it doesn’t catch but you don’t need to squish a hard plastic boot to remove it.
Like in the image? That’s… a boot. Not a full one, but still a boot. (Side note: I’m starting to sound Canadian in my own head.) But I agree. The “snagless” ones are the best of both worlds: you can pull a cable through without it catching on anything, but still press down the plastic retention clip when the collar gets old and stiff.
Boots suck. Good connectors just have the tab be more of an inverted V shape, so it doesn’t catch but you don’t need to squish a hard plastic boot to remove it.
Like in the image? That’s… a boot. Not a full one, but still a boot. (Side note: I’m starting to sound Canadian in my own head.) But I agree. The “snagless” ones are the best of both worlds: you can pull a cable through without it catching on anything, but still press down the plastic retention clip when the collar gets old and stiff.
Nah like this:
Instead of like this:
I’ve never seen one of those outside of this image.
They’re pretty common in nicer datacenter environments. Newer cat6a is only 28awg (tiny and easy to work with!) and can do 10gb just fine.
For example:
Huh, good to know. Next time I’m looking for cable, I’ll keep this in mind. Thanks.
Ah. It’s better than nothing but I have still had trouble pulling cables like the top image. Those blocky edges get caught on things…